The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (Russian: Гиперболоид инженера Гарина, translit. Giperboloid inzhenera Garina) also abbreviated as Engineer Garin is a black-and-white 1965 Soviet science fiction film based on Aleksey Tolstoy's novel of the same name.
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Plot
In 1925, Russian engineer Pyotr Garin develops a weapon of unprecedented destructive power using the discoveries of Professor Mantsev—the hyperboloid, a generator of an intense heat ray. Garin devises a plan to use the hyperboloid to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become the ruler of the world. However, his invention attracts the attention of both Soviet intelligence agencies and foreign capitalists, sparking a relentless pursuit of Garin and his deadly creation.
Awards
IFF of Fantasy Films in Trieste (Italy) – Top Prize "Golden Seal of the City of Trieste", 1966
Cast
Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Pyotr Petrovich Garin (Engineer Garin)
Vsevolod Safonov as Vasily Shelga
Mikhail Astangov as Mr. Rolling
Natalya Klimova as Zoya Montrose
Vladimir Druzhnikov as Arthur Levy / Volshin
Mikhail Kuznetsov as Hlynov
Yuri Sarantsev as Tarashkin
Nikolai Bubnov as Nikolai Mantsev
Viktor Chekmaryov as Four-fingered
Pavel Shpringfeld as Gaston / Duck Nose
Bruno O'Ya as Captain Yansen
Alyosha Ushakov as Vanya Gusev
Anatoli Romashin as Dr. Wolf
Valentin Bryleyev as Victor Lenoir
Artyom Karapetyan as secretary
Vyacheslav Gostinsky as comandant of the Golden Island
Stepan Krylov as telegraph worker
Vladimir Balashov as scientist (episode)
Konstantin Karelsky