Russia / Apr 17, 1935
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Pavel Poltoratskiy | Percy Grimm, minister |
| Vergiliy Renin | Hamilton Grimm |
| Nikolay Ablov | Rotterden, banker |
| Alexandra Khokhlova | Young lady with dolls |
| Daniil Vvedenskiy | (uncredited) |
| Nikolai Yarochkin | (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Doronin | Master (uncredited) |
| Vladimir Shnejderov | (uncredited) |
| Ivan Yudin | Engineer (uncredited) |
| Boris Shlikhting | Guest at the restaurant (uncredited) |
| Georgy Vsevolodov | (uncredited) |
| Ivan Lavrov | Butler in the polytechnical school (uncredited) |
| Nikolay Gorodnichev | First robot (uncredited) |
| Tatyana Rayt | (uncredited) |
Genres
FantasyScience FictionDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Гибель сенсации |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Mezhrabpomfilm |
| Release date | 17 aprile 1935 |
| Writer | Georgiy Grebner, Vladimir Vladko, Karel Čapek |
| Editing | Aleksandr Andriyevsky, Mikhail Doller |
| Cinematography | Mark Magidson, M. Shmulevich, S. Kazarov |
| Assistant directors | Aleksandr Andriyevsky |
| Camera operators | Mark Magidson, M. Shmulevich, S. Kazarov |
| Additional photography | Mark Magidson, M. Shmulevich, S. Kazarov |
| Production design | Vladimir Kaplunovskiy, Vladimir Egorov, Felix Boguslavsky, Nikolay Shalimov, N. Fishman, Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke |
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