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The Chain Reaction (1963)

The Chain Reaction (1963)

Drama Crime Mystery TV Movie
Release Date: 1963, June 28
Directors: Ivan Pravov
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Mosfilm, Mosfilm, Mosfilm, Gosteleradio USSR, Gosteleradio USSR, Gosteleradio USSR
Cast: Gurgen Tonunts, Konstantin Bartashevich, Vladimir Kenigson, Lev Ivanov, Nina Agapova, Leonid Usach, Yevdokiya Urusova, Bulat Okudzhava, Vsevolod Yakut, Eduard Bredun, Izolda Izvitskaya, Mikhail Vorobyov

Overview:

An old pickpocket named "Cardinal", during the days of the International Festival of Youth and Students, decides to gather old “personnels” to prepare small and large thefts from the festival participants. During the "conference" it turns out that a complete "personnel crisis" has come. The ensuing meeting with the former bootlegger — Senka-Moroz, who broke with his past and found happiness in his family and honest work, leads the Cardinal to confusion and mental confusion. A conversation with Professor Muromtsev, a terminally ill person who nevertheless cares about the fate of others, shock the "Cardinal" and he takes the first but decisive step towards a new life, breaking with the criminal world.