A Nazi spy walks into Soviet rocket country. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING.
The year is 1943. Russian Counter-Intelligence intercepts a radio transmission which indicates the Germans' intention to destroy the production line of a new type of weaponry in Ural region. Commander of the Special Unit, Captain Greenhoff, arrives in the Ural region, but he is not the person indicated by his ID. Not many people know the know the technical name of this weaponry, but it is known all around the world as the rocket launcher: KATUSHA.
Production
Gritty Ural industrial landscapes feel authentically Soviet
Writing
Taut spy-craft where one wrong word means death
Director
Igor Grabovsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Katyusha rocket launcher was nicknamed 'Stalin's Organ' by German troops—its distinctive sound terrorized the Eastern Front.
Director Igor Grabovsky shot this English-language Russian production primarily with Australian actors, creating an intentionally disorienting international aesthetic.
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