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The Murder at Zhdanovskaya
The film is based on real events that took place in Moscow in the early 1980s. A KGB officer in plain clothes returning late at night is detained by a police patrol at the Zhdanovskaya metro station. The officer, who began to actively protest against the arbitrariness, was taken to the police duty room and severely injured. After that, the police officers decided to finish off their victim and take the body away and dump it outside the city. The investigation is entrusted to Gleb Yarin, an investigator with the USSR Prosecutor's Office. Soon he finds himself involved in a confrontation between two irreconcilable rivals — the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The senior police leadership is determined to cover up the scandal between the security agencies by any means necessary.
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The film is based on real events that took place in Moscow in the early 1980s. A KGB officer in plain clothes returning late at night is detained by a police patrol at the Zhdanovskaya metro station. The officer, who began to actively protest against the arbitrariness, was taken to the police duty room and severely injured. After that, the police officers decided to finish off their victim and take the body away and dump it outside the city. The investigation is entrusted to Gleb Yarin, an investigator with the USSR Prosecutor's Office. Soon he finds himself involved in a confrontation between two irreconcilable rivals — the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The senior police leadership is determined to cover up the scandal between the security agencies by any means necessary.
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Genre:Mystery
Written By:Vladimir Kalinichenko, Vladimir Kalinichenko
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Runtime:87 minutes
Studio:Ladya, Gorky Film Studios
Cast
Sulambek Mamilov
Director
Ivan Bortnik
Gleb Yarin
Vadim Zakharchenko
Andropov
Boris Novikov
Mitrich
Vladimir Ivashov
Viktor Vasilievitch
Sergei Bachursky
Sirotin
Natalya Goncharova
Sotrudnik prokuratury
Anatoliy Ivanov
Sergey Lagutin
Mikhail Kalinkin
Yuri Malyarov
Anokhin
Aleksandr Martynov
Kravets
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Irina Sergienko
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