Loss of Feeling

Directed by Aleksandr Andriyevsky
1935    85mFantasy, Science Fiction
6.44.9
In an unnamed English-speaking capitalist land, a young engineer invents inexhaustible giant robots to replace the fragile human workers on high-volume assembly-lines, and soon finds his invention co-opted by the military-industrial complex.

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  • Sergei VecheslovJim Ripl
  • Vladimir GardinJack Ripl, his brother
  • Maria VolginaClaire Ripl, his sister
  • Anna ChekulaevaMary Ripl, Jack's wife
  • Vasiliy OrlovCharlie, worker
  • Sergei MartinsonDizer, artist in the music hall
  • Serhii MininTom, worker
  • Pavel PoltoratskiyPercy Grimm, minister
  • Vergiliy ReninHamilton Grimm
  • Nikolay AblovRotterden, banker
  • Alexandra KhokhlovaYoung lady with dolls
  • Daniil Vvedenskiy(uncredited)
  • Nikolai Yarochkin(uncredited)
  • Mikhail DoroninMaster (uncredited)
  • Vladimir Shnejderov(uncredited)
  • Ivan YudinEngineer (uncredited)
  • Boris ShlikhtingGuest at the restaurant (uncredited)
  • Georgy Vsevolodov(uncredited)
  • Ivan LavrovButler in the polytechnical school (uncredited)
  • Nikolay GorodnichevFirst robot (uncredited)
  • mrwibblywobblySeptember 29, 2025
    A timely film! Will the robots (AI) liberate the working class or be co-opted by the capitalists and the military industrial complex? It's up to us!

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