Overview

A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.

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Cast

Georgiy Yumatov

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Boris Andreyev

Aleksandr Susnin

Vladimir Andreyev

Klavdiya Khabarova

Apollon Yachnitskiy

Margarita Zhigunova

Nikolay Pogodin

Vyacheslav Bogachyov