Intervention

Intervention

1968 · 102 min · ★ 5.7 · Adventure, Comedy, History

The movie is set during the last days of a foreign intervention against Soviet Russia. Police are searching everywhere for a Bolshevik named Brodsky but cannot find him. Meanwhile, a man named Michel Voronov serves as a teacher to a rich woman's son, Zhen'ka.

Directed by Gennadi Poloka · Written by Lev Slavin

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  • Vladimir Vysotsky Мишель, он же "товарищ Воронов", товарищ Степан, настоящее имя Андрей Жарков, партийное - "Евгений Бродский"
  • Valeriy Zolotukhin Женя Ксидиас, он же предатель-прапорщик
  • Olga Aroseva мадам Ксидиас, аристократка, владелица верфей, складов, касс и векселей
  • Gelena Ivlieva Санька-цветочница, она же "Фёкла", она же конспираторша-подпольщица
  • Efim Kopelyan Филипп, криминальный авторитет, главарь банды налётчиков
  • Yuliya Burygina Жанна Барбье
  • Sergei Yursky Маски, роли-буфф жителей Одессы: бубны - черви - пики - трефы
  • Rufina Nifontova мадам Токарчук, налётчица
  • Yuri Katin-Yartsev Золотницкий, взломщик сейфов
  • Yuriy Tolubeev Соломон, аптекарь
  • Yuri Rychkov Петя, любовник мадам Ксидиас
  • Vladimir Tatosov Имерцаки, карточный шулер

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