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The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

19777.50

Overview

A movie based on Julian Semyonov's novel "A Bomb for the Chairman". 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
Produced by Vladimir Tseytlin
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Top Cast

Vsevolod Safonov

Vsevolod Safonov

Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Pavel Pankov

Pavel Pankov

Nikolai Gritsenko

Nikolai Gritsenko

Juozas Budraitis

Juozas Budraitis

Igor Ledogorov

Igor Ledogorov

Einari Koppel

Einari Koppel

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Vladimir Suvorov

Vladimir Suvorov

Chun Seb Pak

Chun Seb Pak

Джозеф Лим - генеральный директор концерна

Themes & Keywords

politicsdetective

About The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce is a mystery, adventure film released in 1977 exploring themes of politics, detective. Directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy, it stars Vsevolod Safonov, Donatas Banionis, Pavel Pankov. A movie based on Julian Semyonov's novel "A Bomb for the Chairman". 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.

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