First Encounter - Last Encounter (1987)
The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detective Petya Chukhontsev, a law student who has not completed his studies, investigates the case of the murdered inventor Kuklin. He was murdered exactly as he predicted during a New Year's visit to Chukhontsev. While investigating the Kuklin case, Petya soon realizes that the central figure in this case is the German Scholz, the owner, who cheaply buys up the inventions of Russian craftsmen and hands them over to the spy Siegfried Gay, an advisor to the German embassy. . However, Petya will soon understand that it is better to mind his own business...
Director:
Vitaliy Melnikov
Writer:
Vladimir Valutskiy
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Mikhail Morozov as Chukhontsev |
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Oleg Efremov as Zanzeveev |
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Boris Plotnikov as Kuklin |
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Yuri Bogatyryov as Major Gei |
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Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Member of counter-intelligence |
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Sergey Shakurov as Scholtz |
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Mikhail Kononov as Former detective |
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Policeman |
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Leonid Kuravlyov as Count |
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Olga Mashnaya as Wanda's maid |
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Sergey Migitsko as Colonel Bobrin |
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Grażyna Szapołowska as Wanda |
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Vladimir Maksimov as |
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Mikhail Birbrayer as |
| Directing | Vitaliy Melnikov | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Valutskiy | Screenplay |
| Sound | Timur Kogan | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Zinaida Sheineman | Editor |
| Camera | Yuriy Veksler | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Asya Zvereva | Sound |
| Art | Isaak Kaplan | Production Design |
| Writing | Aleksandr Bessmertniy | Script Editor |
| Directing | Igor Moskvitin | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alik Nasyrov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | L. Golubev | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Smirnova | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Larisa Konnikova | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Dudov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Okovityy | VFX Artist |
| Crew | Igor Belsky | Choreographer |
| Crew | Sergei Shulga | Stunts |
| Crew | Aleksandr Pestov | Stunts |
| Crew | A. Gryaznov | Stunts |
| Art | L. Pokazanova | Props |
| Directing | Galina Zaigraeva | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | A. Mayorova | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Ye. Surkov | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | V. Mikheyev | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Camera | Aleksandr Korneev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | A. Bystryakov | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Petrushenko | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Balalaikina | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Kupavykh | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lighting | E. Stepanov | Lighting Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Nikitina | Costume Assistant |
| Editing | Raisa Lisova | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Yuri Trunilov | Still Photographer |
| Editing | L. Kosareva | Color Grading |
| Art | Yevgeniy Styrikovich | Set Decoration |
| Art | Tatyana Voronkova | Set Decoration |
| Production | G. Olkhina | Administration |
| Production | A. Metelitsa | Administration |
| Production | Evgeniya Dikhnova | Producer |
| Production | V. Yumakova | Administration |
| Production | A. Kabakov | Administration |