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The Chain Reaction (1962)
Directed by Ivan Pravov
Overview
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.
Length 79 minutes
Actors
Vladimir Kenigson | Lev Ivanov | Eduard Bredun | Izolda Izvitskaya | Leonid Usach | Emmanuil Nelin | Nikolai Gagarin | Gurgen Tonunts | Pyotr Repnin | Vsevolod Yakut | Konstantin Bartashevich | Nina Agapova | Булат Окуджава | Yevdokiya Urusova | Mikhail Vorobyov