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Napoleon Gas
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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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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Genre:Drama, War
Written By:Semyon Timoshenko
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Runtime:49 minutes
Studio:Lenfilm
Cast
Semyon Timoshenko
Director
Yevgeni Boronikhin
Napoleon Ginimer, engineer-chemist
Yelena Chaika
Natalia Ivanovna, instructor
Roman Rubinshteyn
Jim Dugan, king of anilin
Iona Talanov
Minister of war
Petr Kuznetsov
Archbishop
Olga Spirova
Irma Grant, aviator
Nadezhda Fridlyand
Letrice Grant
Sergey Galich
Herbert Bell, worker
V. Lande
Ellie Forstet, worker
Pyotr Podvalniy
Chief engineer
Petr Shidlovsky
Commissar of defence of Leningrad
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