The Last Chance

The Last Chance

1979 · 80 min · Drama

For Slava Gorokhov, his next adventure ends with a conditional conviction. By decision of law enforcement agencies, a young man begins to study at a vocational school for re-education. From the first day of being in vocational school, the young man is in the center of attention of students who are not ready to accept a person with a lifestyle that is significantly different from the traditional one for a Soviet citizen. Unexpectedly for many, on the side of Gorokhov is the master Radislav Yershov and Komsomol activist Nadya, in love with Slava. The intrigues unfolding in the school are changing the habitual life of an educational institution, which is becoming the scene of a struggle between two opposing ideologies.

Directed by Eduard Gavrilov · Written by Irina Rabkina

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Andrey Martynov Yershov
Leonid Kayurov Slava Gorokhov
Oleg Efremov Gorokhov
Marina Levtova Nadya
Andrey Kharybin Viktor
Anatoliy Kuznetsov Kirill Dmitriyevich
Lyubov Sokolova Varvara Yakovlevna Timokhova
Lyudmila Shagalova Slava Gorokhov's mother
Valentina Ananina Yershov's mother
Natalya Gvozdikova Larisa Leonidovna
Aleksandr Kavalerov member of a Voluntary Citizen Patrol
Olga Bityukova Brykina

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