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City Under Attack

City Under Attack

1933 1h 12mWar

The action of the movie takes place during a possible future war. A foreign state is preparing an attack on the Soviet Union. Professor Runge in his laboratory conducts an experiment with a new deadly gas. The plan of aggression is carried out. On a major Soviet industrial center the enemy command sends squadrons of planes with high-explosive and chemical bombs, with an airborne landing force led by White Guard officers.

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The action of the movie takes place during a possible future war. A foreign state is preparing an attack on the Soviet Union. Professor Runge in his laboratory conducts an experiment with a new deadly gas. The plan of aggression is carried out. On a major Soviet industrial center the enemy command sends squadrons of planes with high-explosive and chemical bombs, with an airborne landing force led by White Guard officers.

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Yuri GenikaDirectorMikhail StepanovDirectorAleksandr FilimonovWriterSergey LebedevCinematography

Cast

Nikolai BogolyubovNikolai BogolyubovOgnev, chief of Sovier air defence
Sofya SokolovaGalina, Ognev's sister
Boris LivanovBoris LivanovKarl Runge, engineer
Nikolay PodgornyNikolay PodgornyProfessor Runge
Lev FeninLev FeninGeneral Vahr
V. LavrentyevColonel Massalskiy
Aleksandr AntonovAleksandr AntonovChief of aviation
Georgy BobyninGeorgy BobyninStaff captain Blagonadyozhnyh
Konstantin ChugunovMaster Akim Ivanovich

Director

Yuri Genika, Mikhail Stepanov

Writers

Aleksandr Filimonov, Yuri Genika

Release date

1 Jan 1933

Runtime

1h 12m

Studio

Mosfilm

Language

No Language

Country

Soviet Union

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