Film

The Trial of Madmen

1961 · 1h 55m · Drama

IMDb

4.7

Germany, the 1930s. A young scientist, Professor Johannes Werner discovers rays of life-giving power. The scientist refuses to give up his invention for military use and, breaking the equipment, runs to the USA, where he hides for a long time under the name of Martini. One day, after being invited to a military industrial concern to see a new European invention, Werner meets his former pupil Huber. Huber, a traitor and fascist, has restored the professor's apparatus according to stolen plans and is demonstrating it as his own invention. Werner rejects the proposal for joint cooperation and, at a meeting in the hall of scientific associations, reveals his real name and resolutely reveals the criminal intentions of the revanchists.

Vladimir Balashov

Senator

Vasiliy Livanov

Johannes Werner

Irina Skobtseva

Suzie Hagger

Viktor Khokhryakov

Siegfried Gruber

Vladimir Belokurov

Fred Hagger

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Abraham Hagger

Andrei Konchalovsky

Michael Hagger

Lidiya Sukharevskaya

Juliana Grey

Mikhail Kozakov

Michel

Georgi Chernovolenko

Company President

Yuriy Yakovlev

Journalist Richard Stark

Olga Krasina

Claire

Maya Bulgakova

Greta Norman

Ariadna Shengelaia

Regina Mayer

Roman Khomyatov

Henry Brown

Nikolay Burlyaev

Sam Hagger

• Grigoriy RoshalDirector · Screenplay
• Viktor TsirgiladzeExecutive Producer
• Leonid KosmatovDirector of Photography
• Mieczysław WeinbergOriginal Music Composer
• Alla AbramovaEditor

Release date

January 1, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama