The Dead Season (1968) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 138 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Savva Kulish

Starring

Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vadim Medvedev, Rolan Bykov, Stepan Krylov, Bruno Frejndlikh

Soviet spy Ladeynikov discovers that former Nazi doctor Dr. Hass is finalizing a deadly chemical gas called RH, a project he began during World War II by experimenting on POWs, at a pharmaceutical plant in a small resort town. Lacking Hass’s identity, Soviet intelligence enlists escaped actor Ivan Savushkin, who survived Hass’s earlier tests, to locate the scientist and prevent the weapon’s completion.