Savva KULISH
Савва КУЛИШ
Savva KOULICH
USSR, 1968, 138mn 
Black and white, fiction
The Low Season
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Мертвый сезон

 

 La Saison morte

 mertvy seson

 
Directed by : Savva KULISH (Савва КУЛИШ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr SHLEPIANOV (Александр ШЛЕПЯНОВ), Vladimir VAYNSTOCK VAYNSHTOCK (Владимир ВАЙНШТОК)
 
Cast
Donatas BANIONIS (Донатас БАНИОНИС)
Rolan BYKOV (Ролан БЫКОВ)
Bruno FREUNDLISH (Брюно ФРЕЙНДЛИХ)
Svetlana KORKOSHKO (Светлана КОРКОШКО)
Sergey KURILOV (Сергей КУРИЛОВ)
Gennadi YUKHTIN (Геннадий ЮХТИН)
 
Cinematography : Aleksandr CHECHULIN (Александр ЧЕЧУЛИН)
Production design : Yevgeni GUKOV (Евгений ГУКОВ)
Music : Andrey VOLKONSKY (Андрей ВОЛКОНСКИЙ)
Sound : Galina GAVRILOVA (Галина ГАВРИЛОВА)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 34,5 millions of spectators
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk
Awards :
 Prix du meilleur film au 4-me Festival du film à Minsk, Bielorussie, URSS en 1970 (4-й ВКФ)
Prix du meilleur film, meilleur réalisateur et meilleur rôle masculin pour Donatas Banionis au Festival du film d’aventures à Sofia, Bulgarie, 1969
Plot synopsis
Soviet secret service agent Ladeinikov gets the information that doctor Hass, a former World War II criminal, works for one of foreign research institutes. Ladeinikov and actor Savushkin, who knows Hass by sight, come under assumed names to Dorgeit, a small resort town, where Hass is working. After a long and complicated search they finally identify Hass. But Hass, in his turn, also recognizes Savushkin.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 
Commentaries and bibliography
Dix films et séries d’espionnage soviétiques à regarder en ligne gratuitement, Anna POPOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
Quatre principaux films d’espionnage soviétiques, Anna POPOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
Au-delà de la propagande: huit grands films montrant les deux côtés de la guerre froide, Ioulia CHAMPOROVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2018
 
Reviews on Kinopoisk
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet spy films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2006
- "Spirit of Fire" International Debut Film Festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2006
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