A Call on Kuprin: Part 1

1h 20min

Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a fervent Anglophile who had to leave Britain under duress. Can he be persuaded to return?.

Production Companies

BBC

BBC Television (GB)

Cast

Marius Goring

Marius Goring

Laye-Parker
Martita Hunt

Martita Hunt

Madame Kuprin
Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Holloway
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Radio Commentator (voice)
Edward Burnham

Edward Burnham

Sir Geraint Lloyd
John Ruddock

John Ruddock

Professor Ridley
Irene Sutcliffe

Irene Sutcliffe

Miss Probert
Pauline Winter

Pauline Winter

Miss Lipscomb
Raymond Farrell

Raymond Farrell

Journalist
Alfred Hoffman

Alfred Hoffman

Hotel Clerk
John Bennett

John Bennett

Zagornetz
Dorothea Phillips

Dorothea Phillips

Madame Lebedev
Michael Ivan

Michael Ivan

Bakaleinikov
Julia Arnall

Julia Arnall

Annaliese Kern
Gregori Tcherniak

Gregori Tcherniak

Gypsy Musician
Geoffrey Sisley

Geoffrey Sisley

Gypsy Musician
Sara Luzita

Sara Luzita

Gypsy Dancer

Release date

18th Jun 1961

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English