The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

1977 · ★ 7.5 · Drama

A West German concern is conducting secret negotiations on the production of an atomic bomb with an interested state. The son of the head of the concern, realizing the monstrosity and scale of his father's activities, interrupts the negotiations and returns home with the intention to publicize his father's activities.

Directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy · Written by Yulian Semyonov

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