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.
Cast
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)
Nikolay Gorodnichev
First robot (uncredited)
Tatyana Rayt
(uncredited)
Crew
Aleksandr Andriyevsky
Director, Editor
Georgiy Grebner
Screenplay
Vladimir Vladko
Novel
Mikhail Doller
Editor
Mark Magidson
Director of Photography
Vladimir Kaplunovskiy
Production Design
Vladimir Egorov
Production Design
Felix Boguslavsky
Production Design
M. Shmulevich
Assistant Camera
S. Kazarov
Assistant Camera
V. Lukin
Sound Effects
K. Kovalskiy
Sound Assistant
David Blok
Sound
Sergei Vasilenko
Original Music Composer
Nikolay Shalimov
Property Master
N. Fishman
Property Master, Sculptor
Boris Dubrovsky-Eshke
Property Master, Property Builder
Karel Čapek
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