The Chain Reaction (1963)
An old pickpocket named "Cardinal", during the days of the International Festival of Youth and Students, decides to gather old “personnels” to prepare small and large thefts from the festival participants. During the "conference" it turns out that a complete "personnel crisis" has come. The ensuing meeting with the former bootlegger — Senka-Moroz, who broke with his past and found happiness in his family and honest work, leads the Cardinal to confusion and mental confusion. A conversation with Professor Muromtsev, a terminally ill person who nevertheless cares about the fate of others, shock the "Cardinal" and he takes the first but decisive step towards a new life, breaking with the criminal world.
Director: Ivan Pravov
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Vladimir Kenigson as "Cardinal" |
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Lev Ivanov as Muromtsev |
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Eduard Bredun as Senka-Moroz |
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Izolda Izvitskaya as Nadya |
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Leonid Usach as "Bubble" |
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Emmanuil Nelin as "Zyamka-kangaroo" |
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Nikolay Gagarin as "Pigeon" |
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Gurgen Tonunts as "Doctor" |
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Pyotr Repnin as Kadetskiy |
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Vsevolod Yakut as "Author" |
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Konstantin Bartashevich as german |
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Nina Agapova as robbed woman |
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Bulat Okudzhava as bus passenger |
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Yevdokiya Urusova as aunt Sasha |
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Mikhail Vorobyov as pickpocket |
| Sound | Vitaliy Geviksman | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Ivan Pravov | Director |
| Writing | Lev Sheynin | Writer |
| Sound | Evgeniy Fyodorov | Sound |
| Camera | Pyotr Terpsikhorov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Konstantin Stepanov | Production Design |
| Writing | Bulat Okudzhava | Lyricist |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Writing | Nona Bystrova | Script Editor |
| Writing | A. Volkov | Script Consultant |
| Production | Dmitriy Zalbshteyn | Executive Producer |