The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin (, 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.
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
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Giperboloid Inzhenera Garina (1965), NYT Movie Review ГИПЕРБОЛОИД ИНЖЕНЕРА ГАРИНА, DreamTech Engineer Garin (Giperboloid inzhenera Garina), (RUSICO) Russian Cinema Council Fedorov, Alexander. “The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin”: the Novel and its Adaptation to Media Education Lessons in the Student Audience. European Researcher, 2012, Vol.(30), № 9-3, pp.1579-1584