The Path to Saturn (1967)

Путь в «Сатурн»

A Soviet agent works his way into a top-secret German sabotage school during the Second World War.

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Year
1967
Director
Villen Azarov
Starring
Georgy Zhzhenov, Vladimir Pokrovsky, Valentina Talyzina, Vladimir Kashpur
Genre
War, Adventure
Running time
1 h 21 min
Based on
The novel 'Saturn' Is Almost Invisible by Vasily Ardamatsky
Language
Russian, English subtitles
Studio
Mosfilm

About the film

'Saturn' is the code name of a Nazi intelligence centre that trains saboteurs to send behind Soviet lines. Moscow needs someone on the inside.

A young Soviet officer, posing as a defector, slowly wins the trust of the German commanders. Every conversation is a test, and one slip means death.

This classic spy story was so popular that it became the first part of a trilogy, followed by The End of Saturn and Battle After Victory.

Did you know?

  • It is the first film of a trilogy, followed by The End of Saturn (1967) and Battle After Victory (1972).
  • Georgy Zhzhenov, who plays a key intelligence officer, had himself spent years in Stalin's labour camps.

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