Luch smerti (1925) - full transcript
In an unknown capitalist country, workers stage a revolt but are heavily repressed by the boss and fascists. One of them, Tomas Lann, manages to escape to USSR where he meets engineer Podobed who invented the "death ray", a powerful laser beam. However capitalist spies manage to steal the device and use it to repress strikes in their country. Eventually, Tomas manages to recuperate the device to fight back. (Note: the beginning and ending of the movie have been lost.)
"The Death Ray"
Sci-fi Cine-novel
7 chapter and a prologue
Production
1st Cine-Factory
Goskino 1925
master Kuleshov's 2nd opus
prologue (in the West)
In the factory “Helium” a workers' rebellion got suppressed
The leader of the rebellion Tomas Lann got sentenced to death (S. Komarov)
Ruller is the factory owner (P. Galadzhev)
Edit is the world-record gunwoman (A. Khokhlova)
Major Kart is the chief of a fascist organization (L. Obolensky)
one week ago, the overexcited director made a proposal
I agree with becoming your wife,
yet provided that you bring home my elder sister with her little child Freddi
I want to get to know you deeper,
let’s wait for the marriage, on the 10th
At the revolutionaries’ headquarters
Tomas Lann escapes from jail
I'm going to answer the runaway criminal with a mass arrest tomorrow
Little Freddi, well-known for his nosiness (S. Khokhlov)
Police
The stoker’s daughter
I’m scared, take me away
At the stoker’s house
At Ruller’s house, the news about the missing boy
Edit’s sister appears behind Freddi
-Warn the members of the Committee, Khart began to arrest people
Ruller’s nephew is the manager of the factory (V. Pil'shchikov)
-We know that the Committee is hiding out in your house
-Check this garbage out and break down the door
Edit’s pious sister tells the father Revo about the workers’ arrest (Revo-Pudovkin)
I saw that the arrest failed
10PM
Unpredictable twist
The cash desk got forced and they stole the money and papers
The Committee might have been warned in time, the arrest failed.
“in the middle of her way, the old lady turned into dame Edit and got on a train
Moscow
The inventor, engineer Podobed (P. Podobed)
Shura, the assistant (A. Strabinskaya)
After fleeing to Russia, Tomas Lann is a fixture on the Podobed’s lab
Moscow outskirts
Forsaken house
Possible to safely burst into the mystery house only by conventional signs...
...and hard ways
Podobed illustrates “The death ray” - an internal combustion device
spooky fusion at a distance
Fog - the foreigner (V. Fogel')
In love
Troubling signs
"Be here today at 9, on the Yamskay, n. 23
you'll come to know a couple of things"
appointed time
I worked at circle, and used to change my sister’s clothes
in order to enter the Fascist group “Helium” more easily
- as soon as possible the entire group must be conveyed at the meeting
starting at 7:30.
by that time the Podobed’s machine would be delivered at home
-I was the one who forestalled the workers’ arrest in time…
-I staged the cash desk robbery, to divert attention
and in the big suitcase there’s no money,
but my little Freddi
Fatal Morning
-I'll catch this scoundrel
in pursuit
scarecrow!
the chauffeur has gone
the machine got abducted
again in the West
a new fascist band’s contrivance
In case of a rebellion,
the air squadron will wipe out the entire workers’ settlement
-our ultimate will be good bridles for hydrophobic revolutionaries
on duty
watchdog
for Venezuela a considerable amount of shells is needed
-In order to implement your great request,
all the machines and all the workers will be urgently sent to the shell production
Moscow
in a net of riddles.
Lann tries to be hot on the Podobed’s trail
-how did you get here? who are you?
-I need to see Lann. where is he?
Helium.
the administrative order about the switch to the shell production
caused the workers’ indignant protest
-We won’t produce shells against our brothers across the ocean.
the Helium Administration answers the workers' discontent
the accounting
Moscow
some odd passenger
-for the sake of our love, release me, i will explain such a cruel blunder
the odd passenger in action
over the Fascists’ barrel
-don’t leave the machine in their hands, we’ve to seek it out…
-don’t worry about the machine: I managed to hide it.
nobody will reach it, it’s inside the wall.
"...After the cash desk robbery, that extraordinary brave adventuress fled to Russia. I’ve got exact information that now she’s living in Moscow. "
We need such persons, your task is to draw her to our work, at all costs."
Khart
the “cruel blunder” is clarified
Fog stays faithful to love
-everything is ready. where is the machine? I don’t know. I’m waiting for you in the lab
Revo mounts the offensive
-We need your help to kick Lann out
offensive in progress
"We hold the kid hostage. Ransom your dearest. Don’t hesitate" Rebo
in a cage
the offensive succeeded. Edit is not hesitating
in 30 minutes
Revo takes the last leap
Provocateurs receive instructions
-in a week, the rebellion must take place.
the youth must be aroused.
-We’re going to answer the rebels’ first shots by bombarding their settlement
...and we’ll show all the state revolutionaries that fascists don’t talk but act
innocent traitor
The artist would like to render the proletarian child’s smile
-Don’t you like this birdie, baby?
-Daddy said that they’re coming to an end soon
Flycatchers
-We need to exploit the little boy
-Well, little boy, show us who was there among your father’s guests
-Don’t dare Teddi, they stabbed your father!
Ruller doesn’t want to hinder the factories
-I believe that our national welfare and discipline will be more convenient
than all the Venezuelan shells
-You are the sole Ruller’ heir, aren't you?
the sole heir.
in an hour
Moscow
I happened to know that the Helium hosts the grandiose provocation
Air bombs are going to exterminate tons of workers
Ruller died, and his nephew and Khart preside over the factory
meantime
Lann must catch abductors up at all costs,
and give Helium workers “the death ray
Alarming news from Helium forces Edit to leave towards the west
Fascists’ claws get stuck more deeply
-We’ve 4 days. Arouse the young people, mess them up. On Monday there must be the explosion.
in hot pursuit
to settle accounts with Revo about the murder of Shura, Fog turns the engine off
Revo has to ground near the Helium
dog-eat-dog
Helium.
Provocateurs at work
in the swamp
whose hands are going to triumph?
here comes the catastrophe
-the planes with bombs must fly out towards the workers’ settlement
Let the airmen wait for my radio signal
-Make everything to retain the rebels
chaotic execution, our ruin
PROVOCATION
-Save the settlement!...
Save the settlement!
Save the settlement!
-Comrades, there’s the victory in our hands.
Let's restore the order
Here the movie got ripped
The last minutes are lost forever
It’s well known that in the end the workers won the victory over the oppressors by means of "the Death Ray"
Sci-fi Cine-novel
7 chapter and a prologue
Production
1st Cine-Factory
Goskino 1925
master Kuleshov's 2nd opus
prologue (in the West)
In the factory “Helium” a workers' rebellion got suppressed
The leader of the rebellion Tomas Lann got sentenced to death (S. Komarov)
Ruller is the factory owner (P. Galadzhev)
Edit is the world-record gunwoman (A. Khokhlova)
Major Kart is the chief of a fascist organization (L. Obolensky)
one week ago, the overexcited director made a proposal
I agree with becoming your wife,
yet provided that you bring home my elder sister with her little child Freddi
I want to get to know you deeper,
let’s wait for the marriage, on the 10th
At the revolutionaries’ headquarters
Tomas Lann escapes from jail
I'm going to answer the runaway criminal with a mass arrest tomorrow
Little Freddi, well-known for his nosiness (S. Khokhlov)
Police
The stoker’s daughter
I’m scared, take me away
At the stoker’s house
At Ruller’s house, the news about the missing boy
Edit’s sister appears behind Freddi
-Warn the members of the Committee, Khart began to arrest people
Ruller’s nephew is the manager of the factory (V. Pil'shchikov)
-We know that the Committee is hiding out in your house
-Check this garbage out and break down the door
Edit’s pious sister tells the father Revo about the workers’ arrest (Revo-Pudovkin)
I saw that the arrest failed
10PM
Unpredictable twist
The cash desk got forced and they stole the money and papers
The Committee might have been warned in time, the arrest failed.
“in the middle of her way, the old lady turned into dame Edit and got on a train
Moscow
The inventor, engineer Podobed (P. Podobed)
Shura, the assistant (A. Strabinskaya)
After fleeing to Russia, Tomas Lann is a fixture on the Podobed’s lab
Moscow outskirts
Forsaken house
Possible to safely burst into the mystery house only by conventional signs...
...and hard ways
Podobed illustrates “The death ray” - an internal combustion device
spooky fusion at a distance
Fog - the foreigner (V. Fogel')
In love
Troubling signs
"Be here today at 9, on the Yamskay, n. 23
you'll come to know a couple of things"
appointed time
I worked at circle, and used to change my sister’s clothes
in order to enter the Fascist group “Helium” more easily
- as soon as possible the entire group must be conveyed at the meeting
starting at 7:30.
by that time the Podobed’s machine would be delivered at home
-I was the one who forestalled the workers’ arrest in time…
-I staged the cash desk robbery, to divert attention
and in the big suitcase there’s no money,
but my little Freddi
Fatal Morning
-I'll catch this scoundrel
in pursuit
scarecrow!
the chauffeur has gone
the machine got abducted
again in the West
a new fascist band’s contrivance
In case of a rebellion,
the air squadron will wipe out the entire workers’ settlement
-our ultimate will be good bridles for hydrophobic revolutionaries
on duty
watchdog
for Venezuela a considerable amount of shells is needed
-In order to implement your great request,
all the machines and all the workers will be urgently sent to the shell production
Moscow
in a net of riddles.
Lann tries to be hot on the Podobed’s trail
-how did you get here? who are you?
-I need to see Lann. where is he?
Helium.
the administrative order about the switch to the shell production
caused the workers’ indignant protest
-We won’t produce shells against our brothers across the ocean.
the Helium Administration answers the workers' discontent
the accounting
Moscow
some odd passenger
-for the sake of our love, release me, i will explain such a cruel blunder
the odd passenger in action
over the Fascists’ barrel
-don’t leave the machine in their hands, we’ve to seek it out…
-don’t worry about the machine: I managed to hide it.
nobody will reach it, it’s inside the wall.
"...After the cash desk robbery, that extraordinary brave adventuress fled to Russia. I’ve got exact information that now she’s living in Moscow. "
We need such persons, your task is to draw her to our work, at all costs."
Khart
the “cruel blunder” is clarified
Fog stays faithful to love
-everything is ready. where is the machine? I don’t know. I’m waiting for you in the lab
Revo mounts the offensive
-We need your help to kick Lann out
offensive in progress
"We hold the kid hostage. Ransom your dearest. Don’t hesitate" Rebo
in a cage
the offensive succeeded. Edit is not hesitating
in 30 minutes
Revo takes the last leap
Provocateurs receive instructions
-in a week, the rebellion must take place.
the youth must be aroused.
-We’re going to answer the rebels’ first shots by bombarding their settlement
...and we’ll show all the state revolutionaries that fascists don’t talk but act
innocent traitor
The artist would like to render the proletarian child’s smile
-Don’t you like this birdie, baby?
-Daddy said that they’re coming to an end soon
Flycatchers
-We need to exploit the little boy
-Well, little boy, show us who was there among your father’s guests
-Don’t dare Teddi, they stabbed your father!
Ruller doesn’t want to hinder the factories
-I believe that our national welfare and discipline will be more convenient
than all the Venezuelan shells
-You are the sole Ruller’ heir, aren't you?
the sole heir.
in an hour
Moscow
I happened to know that the Helium hosts the grandiose provocation
Air bombs are going to exterminate tons of workers
Ruller died, and his nephew and Khart preside over the factory
meantime
Lann must catch abductors up at all costs,
and give Helium workers “the death ray
Alarming news from Helium forces Edit to leave towards the west
Fascists’ claws get stuck more deeply
-We’ve 4 days. Arouse the young people, mess them up. On Monday there must be the explosion.
in hot pursuit
to settle accounts with Revo about the murder of Shura, Fog turns the engine off
Revo has to ground near the Helium
dog-eat-dog
Helium.
Provocateurs at work
in the swamp
whose hands are going to triumph?
here comes the catastrophe
-the planes with bombs must fly out towards the workers’ settlement
Let the airmen wait for my radio signal
-Make everything to retain the rebels
chaotic execution, our ruin
PROVOCATION
-Save the settlement!...
Save the settlement!
Save the settlement!
-Comrades, there’s the victory in our hands.
Let's restore the order
Here the movie got ripped
The last minutes are lost forever
It’s well known that in the end the workers won the victory over the oppressors by means of "the Death Ray"