Secret Agent (1947 film)
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Directed by | Boris Barnet |
Written by | |
Produced by | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
Starring | Pavel Kadochnikov Amvrosy Buchma Viktor Dobrovolsky Dmitri Milyutenko Sergey Martinson |
Cinematography | |
Music by | D. Klebanov |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Secret Agent (Russian: Подвиг разведчика, translit. Podvig razvedchika) is a 1947 Soviet spy film directed by Boris Barnet and based on the novel The Deed Remains Unknown (Russian: Подвиг остается неизвестным) by . The film stars Pavel Kadochnikov in the leading role. Secret Agent is also known as Secret Mission, Secrets of Counter-Espionage, The Scout's Exploit.
It was the first film about the actions of Soviet intelligence officers behind enemy lines in World War II. The film originated the spy genre in Soviet cinema and had a great influence on all subsequent Soviet spy films, including Seventeen Moments of Spring. It is based on real events from the biography of Nikolai Khokhlov.
The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1947 and had 22.73 million viewers.
Plot[]
Soviet intelligence officer Aleksei Fedotov by the name of Heinrich Eckert departs for German-occupied Vinnytsia. His purpose is to obtain the secret correspondence of General Kuhn with the Hitler's headquarters. When his radio operator, sent to Aleksei, is executed, Fedotov is forced to search for a contact through the local underground, but accidentally he discovers that one of the underground workers is a provocateur.
Cast[]
- Pavel Kadochnikov as major Aleksei Fedotov
- Amvrosy Buchma as Grigory Leschuk
- Viktor Dobrovolsky as Chief
- Dmitri Milyutenko as Berezhnoy
- Sergey Martinson as Willi Pommer
- as Erich von Rummelsburg
- as Karpovsky
- Boris Barnet as general von Kuhn
- as Theresa Gruber
- Valentina Ulesova as Nina
- as Astakhov
- as Friedrich Pommer
- as Frau Pommer
- Aleksei Bykov as Medvedev
- Gennady Nilov as episode
Awards[]
- 1948 - Stalin Prize of 2nd degree to director, designer (), scenarios and Pavel Kadochnikov.
External links[]
- Secret Agent at IMDb
- Secret Agent at AllMovie
- (in Russian) Podvig razvedchika
- 1947 films
- Russian-language films
- 1940s spy films
- Soviet spy films
- Soviet films
- 1940s Russian-language films
- Films directed by Boris Barnet
- World War II spy films
- Eastern Front of World War II films
- Films set in Ukraine
- Films about Nazi Germany
- Soviet black-and-white films
- World War II film stubs
- 1940s Soviet film stubs
- Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era
- Films set in the Soviet Union