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Napoleon Gas

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A squadron of American warplanes, armed with gas developed by Corsican chemist Gannimer (dubbed "Napoleon Gas") flies to Leningrad. American workers inform soviet comrades about the impending catastrophe. But the air attack on the city has already begun, and the assault troops of the enemy capture one suburb of the city after the other. The Red Army is organizing the defense and reflects the attack of the enemy with gas-armed drones

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

49 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

15 December 1925

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Yevgeni Boronikhin

Yevgeni Boronikhin

Napoleon Ginimer, engineer-chemist

Yelena Chaika

Yelena Chaika

Natalia Ivanovna, instructor

Roman Rubinshteyn

Roman Rubinshteyn

Jim Dugan, king of anilin

Iona Talanov

Iona Talanov

Minister of war

Petr Kuznetsov

Petr Kuznetsov

Archbishop

Olga Spirova

Olga Spirova

Irma Grant, aviator

Nadezhda Fridlyand

Nadezhda Fridlyand

Letrice Grant

Sergey Galich

Sergey Galich

Herbert Bell, worker

V. Lande

V. Lande

Ellie Forstet, worker

Pyotr Podvalniy

Pyotr Podvalniy

Chief engineer

Petr Shidlovsky

Petr Shidlovsky

Commissar of defence of Leningrad

Yakov Gudkin

Yakov Gudkin

Foreign businessman

Irina Volodko

Irina Volodko

Konstantin Gibshman

Konstantin Gibshman

Aleksey Goryushin

Aleksey Goryushin

Armoured car driver (uncredited)

Vasiliy Chudakov

Vasiliy Chudakov

(uncredited)

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