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Status
Released
Release
1935
Runtime
1h 25m
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.
22 Cast Members
Sergei Vecheslov
Jim Ripl
Vladimir Gardin
Jack Ripl, his brother
Maria Volgina
Claire Ripl, his sister
Anna Chekulaeva
Mary Ripl, Jack's wife
Vasiliy Orlov
Charlie, worker
Sergei Martinson
Dizer, artist in the music hall
Serhii Minin
Tom, worker
Nikolai Rybnikov
Field Marshal
Pavel Poltoratskiy
Percy Grimm, minister
Vergiliy Renin
Hamilton Grimm
Nikolay Ablov
Rotterden, banker
Alexandra Khokhlova
Young lady with dolls
Daniil Vvedenskiy
(uncredited)
Nikolai Yarochkin
(uncredited)
Mikhail Doronin
Master (uncredited)
Vladimir Shnejderov
(uncredited)
Ivan Yudin
Engineer (uncredited)
Boris Shlikhting
Guest at the restaurant (uncredited)
Georgy Vsevolodov
(uncredited)
Ivan Lavrov
Butler in the polytechnical school (uncredited)
