The End of the Lyubavines

The End of the Lyubavines

1972 · 91 min · Drama

In the winter of 1922, the Rodionovs, Vasiliy Platonovich and his nephew Kuzma, came to the remote Siberian village of Baklan, disguised as teachers sent from the district center to organize and build a school. In fact, this is an old Bolshevik and a young worker, authorized by the GPU, and their main task is to find out the whereabouts of a large and very dangerous gang, led by a former Kolchak officer, who instills fear in local residents.

Directed by Leonid Golovnya · Written by Leonid Golovnya

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Albert Akchurun Kuzma
Marianna Vertinskaya Mariya
Valeri Khlevinsky Yegor
Galina Yatskina Klavdiya
Vatslav Dvorzhetsky Vasiliy Platonovich
Georgi Zhzhyonov Yemelyan Lyubavin
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Zakrevskiy
Yuri Gusev Makar
Aleksey Vanin Yashka
Eduard Izotov Grinka
Roman Filippov Fedya
Nikolai Parfyonov Yelizar

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The End of the Lyubavines

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