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Footprint in the Ocean (1965)

Footprint in the Ocean poster
Original title
След в океане
Directed by
Oleg Nikolayevsky
Genre
adventure film, spy film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet scientist creates advanced scuba gear. Western spies try to steal his invention and his research diaries.

suspensefuladventurousdatedcold-warmethodicalearnesttense

What happens

Footprint in the Ocean (Russian: След в океане) is a 1964 Soviet adventure film directed by Oleg Nikolayevsky produced by Sverdlovsk Film Studio. A Soviet scientist develops new scuba gear, which is tested by the best divers in a warship of the Northern Fleet. Western intelligence agencies, in turn, are interested in the unique possibilities of the invention and the scientist’s diaries. And to get them they send a spy in Moscow. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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