Love Nights in the Taiga
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Love Nights in the Taiga | |
---|---|
Directed by | Harald Philipp |
Written by | |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Helmut Meewes |
Edited by | Ingeborg Taschner |
Music by | Manfred Hübler |
Production company | Franz Seitz Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Nora-Filmverleih |
Release date |
|
Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Love Nights in the Taiga (German: Liebesnächte in der Taiga) is a 1967 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Thomas Hunter, Marie Versini and Stanislav Ledinek.[1] It is also known by the alternative title of Code Name Kill.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil. It is an adaptation of the 1966 novel of the same title by Heinz G. Konsalik.
Synopsis
At the height of the Cold War, the CIA send a Russian-speaking Baltic German to the Soviet Union disguised as a Swiss fashion journalist. His real mission is to gather intelligence on a missile base concealed in the taiga forests of Siberia. He receives assistance from a Soviet woman who falls in love with him.
Cast
- Thomas Hunter as Frank Heller
- Marie Versini as Ludmilla Barankova
- Stanislav Ledinek as Colonel Karpuchin
- Ivan Desny as Colonel Kirk
- Rolf Boysen as Karpuchin
- Biggi Freyer as Marta Barinskaya
- Hellmut Lange as Captain Jimmy Braddock
- Walter Barnes as Jurij
- Magda Konopka as Bibi Randall
- Christiane Nielsen as Tanja
- Kurd Pieritz as Kusnezoff
- Sandra Prinsloo as Nadja
- Marius Weyers as Markjoff
References
- ^ Cowie & Elley p.148
Bibliography
- Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- 1967 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- 1960s spy thriller films
- German spy thriller films
- West German films
- 1960s German-language films
- Films directed by Harald Philipp
- Films about the Central Intelligence Agency
- Films based on German novels
- Films set in the Soviet Union
- Cold War spy films
- 1960s German films
- All stub articles
- 1960s German film stubs