Цепная реакция · 1963

The Chain Reaction

Ivan Pravov · 79 min · Soviet Union

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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Production companies

Mosfilm, Gosteleradio USSR

Cast

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  Vladimir Kenigson

  "Cardinal"

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  Lev Ivanov

  Muromtsev

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  Eduard Bredun

  Senka-Moroz

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  Izolda Izvitskaya

  Nadya

• Leonid Usach

  "Bubble"

• Emmanuil Nelin

  "Zyamka-kangaroo"

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  Nikolay Gagarin

  "Pigeon"

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  Gurgen Tonunts

  "Doctor"