Snake Catcher

Snake Catcher

1986 · 97 min · ★ 4.4 · Drama, Crime

The former director of a large deli Pavel Shorokhov, having returned from prison and not received the expected reception from his wife, who forbade him to see his son, temporarily settles with Kotov, the owner of the lists of participants in the unaccounted goods movement system. Kotov, who is near death, transfers lists to Shorokhov and thereby puts him at risk from former accomplices. But Shorokhov breaks the pledge circle...

Directed by Vadim Derbenyov · Written by Lazar Karelin

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Aleksandr Mikhaylov Pavel Shorokhov
Natalya Belokhvostikova Lena
Leonid Markov Kotov
Donatas Banionis Mitrich-Kolobok
Lyubov Polishchuk Vera
Svetlana Kryuchkova Zina
Galina Polskikh Nina
Leonid Kuravlyov Konstantin
Valentina Titova Tamara
Viktor Shulgin Anatoly Semyonovich
Mariya Barabanova Mitrich's assistant
Aleksei Kuznetsov Oleg Belkin

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