Krakh inzhenera Garina) is a 1973 Soviet television film in four parts loosely based on a novel Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin by Alexei Tolstoy.

Produced by Lenfilm by the order of Gosteleradio of USSR Set in the 1920s, the story begins when Soviet authorities discover the body of engineer Pyotr Garin, seemingly murdered at an abandoned dacha near Leningrad.

As the power of Garin's heat ray attracts the interest of Nazi-aligned factions, including Rolling’s secretary, Sheffer, secret plots to steal the device emerge.

To create the visual effect of objects being sliced by the hyperboloid beam, an original miniature filming technique was employed.

A half-transparent mirror was set at a 45° angle in front of the motion picture camera PSK-29, reflecting light from a spotlight fitted with a red filter onto the model.