Love Nights in the Taiga

{{Short description|1967 film by Harald Philipp}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Love Nights in the Taiga

| image = Love Nights in the Taiga.jpg

| caption =

| director = Harald Philipp

| producer = {{ubl|Jürgen Goslar|Franz Seitz}}

| writer = {{ubl|Heinz G. Konsalik (novel)|Werner P. Zibaso}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Thomas Hunter|Marie Versini|Stanislav Ledinek}}

| music = Manfred Hübler

| cinematography = Helmut Meewes

| editing = Ingeborg Taschner

| studio = Franz Seitz Filmproduktion

| distributor = Nora-Filmverleih

| released = {{Film date|1967|10|05|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Love Nights in the Taiga (German: Liebesnächte in der Taiga) is a 1967 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Thomas Hunter, Marie Versini and Stanislav Ledinek.Cowie & Elley p.148 It is also known by the alternative title of Code Name Kill.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Stratil. It is an adaptation of the 1966 novel of the same title by Heinz G. Konsalik.

Synopsis

At the height of the Cold War, the CIA send a Russian-speaking Baltic German to the Soviet Union disguised as a Swiss fashion journalist. His real mission is to gather intelligence on a missile base concealed in the taiga forests of Siberia. He receives assistance from a Soviet woman who falls in love with him.

Cast

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Bibliography

  • Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977.