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The Green Van (1983)
It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.
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It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.
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Genre:Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Written By:Igor Shevtsov
In Theaters:12/30/1983
Box Office:
Runtime:135 minutes
Studio:Gosteleradio USSR, Odessa Film Studio
Cast
Aleksandr Pavlovskiy
Director
Dmitriy Kharatyan
Алёша
Boryslav Brondukov
Грищенко
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Виктор Прокофьевич
Aleksandr Solovyov
Красавчик
Regimantas Adomaitis
Червень
Konstantin Grigorev
НачОперОт
Viktor Ilichyov
Федька Бык
Eduard Martsevich
Отец Алёши
Olga Lysenko
Сестра Красавчика
Yuriy Dubrovin
Lev Perfilov
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