''Secret Agent'' (in , in ) is a 1947

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

spy film directed by

Boris Barnet Boris Vasilyevich Barnet (; 18 June 1902 – 8 January 1965) was a Soviet film director, actor and screenwriter of British heritage. He directed 27 films between 1927 and 1963. Barnet was awarded the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federa ...

and based on the novel ''The Deed Remains Unknown'' () by Mikhail Maklyarsky. The film stars Pavel Kadochnikov in the leading role. ''Secret Agent'' is also known as ''Secret Mission'', ''Secrets of Counter-Espionage'', ''The Scout's Exploit''.У Вінницькому "Савої" улюбленця Сталіна "заспокоювали" правоохоронці
«Подільська порадниця», 9 квітня 2008 It was the first film about the actions of Soviet intelligence officers behind enemy lines in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. The film originated the spy genre in Soviet cinema and had a great influence on all subsequent Soviet spy films, including ''

Seventeen Moments of Spring ''Seventeen Moments of Spring'' () is a 1973 Soviet Union, Soviet twelve-part television series, directed by Tatyana Lioznova and based on the novel of the same title by Yulian Semyonov. The series portrays the exploits of Maxim Isaev, a Soviet ...

''. It is based on real events from the biography of

Nikolai Khokhlov Nikolai Yevgenievich Khokhlov (Cyrillic: Николай Евгеньевич Хохлов; 7 June 1922 – 17 September 2007) was a KGB officer who defected to the United States in 1954. He testified about KGB activities. The KGB unsuccessfully ...

. The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1947 and had 22.73 million viewers.

Plot

Soviet intelligence officer Aleksei Fedotov by the name of Heinrich Eckert departs for German-occupied

Vinnytsia Vinnytsia ( ; , ) is a city in west-central Ukraine, located on the banks of the Southern Bug. It serves as the administrative centre, administrative center of Vinnytsia Oblast. It is the largest city in the historic region of Podillia. It also s ...

. His purpose is to obtain the secret correspondence of General Kuhn with the

Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

's headquarters. When his radio operator, sent to Aleksei, is executed, Fedotov is forced to search for a contact through the local underground, but accidentally he discovers that one of the underground workers is a provocateur.

Cast

* Pavel Kadochnikov as major Aleksei Fedotov * Amvrosy Buchma as Grigory Leschuk *

Viktor Dobrovolsky Viktor Mykolaiovych Dobrovolsky (January 23, 1906July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Biography In 1928, he graduated from the drama school at Odessa drama theatre. In 1922, he ...

as Chief * Dmitri Milyutenko as Berezhnoy *

Sergey Martinson Sergey Aleksandrovich Martinson (; – 2 September 1984) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964). Biography He was born in Saint Petersburg in the family of Swedish and Russian descent. His p ...

as Willi Pommer *Mikhail Romanov as Erich von Rummelsburg *Pyotr Arzhanov as Karpovsky *

as general von Kuhn *Yelena Izmailova as Theresa Gruber *Valentina Ulesova as Nina *Sergei Petrov as Astakhov *Viktor Khalatov as Friedrich Pommer * as Frau Pommer *Aleksei Bykov as Medvedev * Gennady Nilov as episode

Awards

* 1948 - Stalin Prize of 2nd degree to director, designer (Morits Umansky), scenarios and Pavel Kadochnikov.

References

External links

* *
Podvig razvedchika
1947 films 1940s spy thriller films 1940s thriller films 1940s war drama films 1940s Soviet films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet spy drama films Soviet war drama films Soviet thriller films Russian-language thriller films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet World War II films World War II spy films Films directed by Boris Barnet Eastern Front of World War II films Films set in the Soviet Union Films about Nazi Germany Films about the Soviet Union in the Stalin era Russian-language war drama films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub