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Secret Agent
Directed by	Boris Barnet
Written by	Mikhail Bleiman Konstantin Isayev Mikhail Maklyarsky
Produced by	Dovzhenko Film Studios
Starring	Pavel Kadochnikov Amvrosy Buchma Viktor Dobrovolsky Dmitri Milyutenko Sergey Martinson
Cinematography	Daniil Demutsky
Music by	D. Klebanov Oskar Sandler
Release date	1947 (1947)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Secret Agent (Russian: Подвиг разведчика, romanized: Podvig razvedchika) is a 1947 Soviet spy film directed by Boris Barnet and based on the novel The Deed Remains Unknown (Russian: Подвиг остается неизвестным) 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.

It was the first film about the actions of Soviet intelligence officers behind enemy lines in World War II. 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.

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

Plotedit

Soviet intelligence officer Aleksei Fedotov by the name of Heinrich Eckert departs for German-occupied Vinnytsia. His purpose is to obtain the secret correspondence of General Kuhn with the Hitler'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.

Castedit

• Pavel Kadochnikov as major Aleksei Fedotov
• Amvrosy Buchma as Grigory Leschuk
• Viktor Dobrovolsky as Chief
• Dmitri Milyutenko as Berezhnoy
• Sergey Martinson as Willi Pommer
• Mikhail Romanov as Erich von Rummelsburg
• Pyotr Arzhanov as Karpovsky
• Boris Barnet as general von Kuhn
• Yelena Izmailova as Theresa Gruber
• Valentina Ulesova as Nina
• Sergei Petrov as Astakhov
• Viktor Khalatov as Friedrich Pommer
• Valeria Draga-Soumarokova [uk] as Frau Pommer
• Aleksei Bykov as Medvedev
• Gennady Nilov as episode

Awardsedit

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

External linksedit

• Secret Agent at IMDb
• Secret Agent at AllMovie
• (in Russian) Podvig razvedchika

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