The Safety Match (1954)
A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
Director: Konstantin Yudin
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Aleksei Gribov as Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov |
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Andrei Popov as Detective Emil Dyukovsky |
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Mikhail Yanshin as Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich |
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Nikolai Gritsenko as Psekov, estate manager |
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Nikolay Kurochkin as Yefrem, majordomo |
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Vladimir Kolchin as Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin) |
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Tamara Nosova as Akulina |
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Kseniya Tarasova as Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova |
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Marina Kuznetsova as Olga Petrovna Kuzmich |
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Mikhail Nazvanov as Mark Ivanovich Klyauzov |
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Vladimir Pokrovskiy as The Doctor (as V. Pokovsky) |
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Georgi Georgiu as Police Official (as G. Gyeorgiu) |
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Inna Fyodorova as (as I. Fyodorova) |
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Afanasi Kochetkov as |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as (as A. Lebedev) |
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Yuri Leonidov as Officer |
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Nikolay Polenkov as (as N. Polenkov) |
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Sergei Troitsky as |
| Camera | Valentin Zakharov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tatyana Zinchuk | Editor |
| Sound | Vasily Shirinsky | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Igor Gelein | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Konstantin Yudin | Director |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Short Story |
| Writing | Nikolay Erdman | Writer |
| Directing | Vladimir Gerasimov | Assistant Director |
| Art | Georgy Turylyov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liliya Dushina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vasiliy Kovrigin | Costume Design |
| Sound | Sergei Minervin | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Fetisov | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | O. Gertz | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Production | G. Kharlamov | Executive Producer |