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The Trial of Madmen (1961)

The Trial of Madmen (1961)

Drama
Release Date: 1961, January 1
Directors: Grigoriy Roshal
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Nikolay Burlyaev, Mikhail Kozakov, Vasiliy Livanov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Irina Skobtseva, Robert Ross, Vladimir Belokurov, Ariadna Shengelaia, Maya Bulgakova, Viktor Khokhryakov, Roman Khomyatov, Vladimir Balashov

Overview:

Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.