Luch Smerti (1925)
Luch smerti (Луч смерти) is a Russian science fiction film, made in 1925. It was directed by Lev Kuleshov and is based on a novel by Aleksei Tolstoy. It features Porfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin and Sergei Komarov. It is often known as 'The Death Ray' in English. The first and last reels of the film have been lost.
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