My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1985)
Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.
Director:
Aleksei German
Writer:
Eduard Volodarskiy
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Andrei Boltnev as Ivan Lapshin |
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Nina Ruslanova as Natasha Adasova |
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Andrey Mironov as Khanin |
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Aleksei Zharkov as Okoshkin |
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Aleksandr Filippenko as Zanadvorov |
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as Superintendent |
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Semyon Farada as Джатиев |
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Nina Usatova as |
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Valeriy Filonov as Pobuzhinskiy |
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Zinaida Adamovich as Patrikeyevna |
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Anatoly Slivnikov as Bychkov |
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Andrey Dudarenko as Kashin |
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Valeri Kuzin as Narrator (voice) |
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Sergey Kushakov as |
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Yuri Aroyan as |
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Anatoliy Shvederskiy as |
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Lidiya Volkova as |
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Natalya Laburtseva as |
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Vladimir Tochilin as |
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Boris Voytsekhovskiy as |
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Svetlana Kireeva as |
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Larisa Solovyova as |
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Anna Nikolayeva as |
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Yuriy Pomogaev as Solovyov |
| Sound | Nikolai Astakhov | Sound |
| Camera | Anatoliy Rodionov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | O. Telova | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Yuri Pugach | Production Design |
| Art | Gennadi Savelyev | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Aleksei German | Director |
| Production | Viktor Izvekov | Producer |
| Camera | Valery Fedosov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Aleksei German | Writer |
| Production | Valentina Goroschnikova | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Deyeva | Costume Design |
| Editing | Leda Semyonova | Editor |
| Writing | Eduard Volodarskiy | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yuri German | Novel |
| Directing | Viktor Aristov | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Yuriy Rotin | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Arkadi Gagulashvili | Original Music Composer |