Bonivur's Heart

Bonivur's Heart

1969 · 244 min · ★ 5.8 · History

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.

Directed by Mark Orlov · Written by Andrey Shemshurin

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Lev Prygunov Vitaly Bonivur
Boris Chirkov Storozhenkov
Tamara Korolyuk Ninochka
Ivan Pereverzev Zhilin
Viktor Korshunov Boris Lyubansky
Pyotr Glebov Nikolay Karayev
Liliia Dziuba Nastya Nasedkina
Maya Bulgakova Glafira Nasedkina
German Kolushkin Nikolay Chekerda
Pavel Volkov Verkhoturov
Anatoli Yurchenko Alyosha Puzhnyak
Yuri Lavrov Diterikhs

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