The Broken Horseshoe (1973)
Based on the novel by Jules Verne "Drama in Livonia". French aeronaut Jules Ardan, traveling in a hot air balloon, accidentally finds himself in Reval. Here he meets Dr. Peterson and his daughter Leida. The gendarmes are hunting for Leida's fiance. The banker's son is being murdered in the city. Suspicion falls on Peterson. Jules Ardan takes over the investigation of the crime.
Director: Semyon Aranovich
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Sergei Yursky as Jules Ardan |
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Marina Neyolova as Leyda |
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Vytautas Paukste as Peterson |
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Vladimir Razumovskiy as Vasily Yakovlev |
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Bronius Babkauskas as banker Schmidt |
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Jaan Tooming as Carl Schmidt |
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Ants Eskola as investigator Myagi |
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Stanislav Sokolov as Captain |
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Valentīns Skulme as valet Trankel |
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Lembit Eelmäe as Innkeeper Grimm |
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Anatoly Vasilyev as Yan |
| Directing | Semyon Aranovich | Director |
| Camera | Dmitriy Dolinin | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yuri Pugach | Production Design |
| Writing | Jules Verne | Novel |
| Sound | Romualds Grīnblats | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vladimir Vaynshtok | Writer |
| Writing | Pavel Finn | Writer |
| Camera | Yevgeni Shapiro | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Garri Belenky | Sound Director |
| Directing | Otar Dugladze | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nikolay Koshelev | Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Chumak | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Svetlana Proskurina | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Mamleeva | Third Assistant Director |
| Editing | Raisa Izakson | Editor |
| Writing | Vsevolod Schwarts | Script Editor |
| Camera | V. Markov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yevgenia Slovtsova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Yerantseva | Makeup Artist |
| Art | E. Fedorova | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Ye. Volynskaya | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Aleksandr Karelin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | N. Solovyov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yuriy Dudov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | M. Serman | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Dmitriy Zhelubovskiy | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Solovyov | VFX Artist |
| Writing | A. Masenkis | Script Consultant |
| Writing | S. Karamyshev | Script Consultant |
| Production | Polina Borisova | Executive Producer |