Madmen's Trial

Madmen's Trial

1961 · 115 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

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.

Directed by Grigoriy Roshal · Written by Grigoriy Roshal

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Vladimir Balashov Senator
Vasiliy Livanov Johannes Werner
Irina Skobtseva Suzie Hagger
Viktor Khokhryakov Siegfried Gruber
Vladimir Belokurov Fred Hagger
Vladimir Yemelyanov Abraham Hagger
Andrei Konchalovsky Michael Hagger
Lidiya Sukharevskaya Juliana Grey
Mikhail Kozakov Michel
Georgi Chernovolenko Company President
Yuriy Yakovlev Journalist Richard Stark
Olga Krasina Claire

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