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The Death Ray(Movie, 1925)

Original title: "Луч смерти" (Russian/RU)
2h 5min | Genres: Science Fiction, Drama
The Death RayRating: 2.9/5 (with 33 votes)
The Death Ray (Russian: Луч смерти, romanized: Luch smerti) is a 1925 Soviet science fiction film directed by Lev Kuleshov. The first and last reels of the film have been lost. This film ran at 2 hours, 5 minutes, making this one of the earliest full length science fiction films.Despite the fact that many sources claim the inspiration for the film to be the novel The Garin Death Ray by Aleksei Tolstoy, this is not the case. It is impossible, since the book was published two years after the film, in 1927. Furthermore, the film has many similarities with a book by Valentin Kataev, called Lord of Iron, published in 1924. Moreover, the theme of death rays was very popular at the time because of the 1923 claim of British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews to have created a "death ray". ()
Movie poster of The Death Ray

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About The Death Ray

In a capitalist country, workers are heavily repressed but manage to get a "death ray" to fight back. (A part of the movie is lost.)

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Additional Information

Production country: Soviet Union
Made by: Goskino USSR
Original language: Russian (RU)
Spoken languages: Russian (RU)
Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/16/1925
Director: Lev Kuleshov
Producer: State Committee for Cinematography
Screenwriter: Vsevolod Pudovkin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El rayo de la muerte"
"Promień śmierci"
"Luch smerti"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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