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The Chain Reaction

86% | Dec 04, 1962
Crime Mystery Drama

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.

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Vitaliy Geviksman
Original Music Composer
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Ivan Pravov
Director
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Lev Sheynin
Writer
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Pyotr Terpsikhorov
Director of Photography
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Konstantin Stepanov
Production Design
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Evgeniy Fyodorov
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Bulat Okudzhava
Lyricist
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Arnold Roytman
Conductor
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Nona Bystrova
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Dmitriy Zalbshteyn
Producer

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