The Chain Reaction
Цепная реакция
Release: 1963-06-28
·Runtime: 79m
·★ 8.8
Crime
Mystery
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Gosteleradio USSR
Cast
Vladimir Kenigson
as "Cardinal"
Lev Ivanov
as Muromtsev
Eduard Bredun
as Senka-Moroz
Izolda Izvitskaya
as Nadya
Nikolay Gagarin
as "Pigeon"
Gurgen Tonunts
as "Doctor"
Pyotr Repnin
as Kadetskiy
Vsevolod Yakut
as "Author"
Konstantin Bartashevich
as german
Nina Agapova
as robbed woman
Bulat Okudzhava
as bus passenger
Yevdokiya Urusova
as aunt Sasha
