A criminal drama based on the story of the same name by Pavel Nilin. The first years of Soviet power in East Siberia. Malyshev,deputy chief of Criminal Investigation Department, a Komsomol member, wins over to the Soviet power a former field-hand and now a bandit Lazar Baukin, and the latter tells him about Vorontsov, the gang leader. Malyshev guarantees Baukin’s freedom. However the chief arrests him in order to reap laurels of catching the gang leader. Malyshev is in despair - he has brought under execution the man who has fully trusted him. The situation gets worse due to his personal drama and Malyshev commits suicide.
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Georgiy Yumatov
Венька Малышев
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Ефрем Ефремович, начальник УГРо
Boris Andreyev
Лазарь Евтифьевич Баукин
Aleksandr Susnin
Санька, сотрудник УГРо (от имени которого ведется повествование)
Vladimir Andreyev
Яков Узелков, корреспондент
Klavdiya Khabarova
Кланька Звягина, любовница Воронцова
Apollon Yachnitskiy
Константин Иванович Воронцов, главарь банды
Margarita Zhigunova
Юлька Мальцева, медсестра
Nikolay Pogodin
сотрудник угрозыска
Vyacheslav Bogachyov
сотрудник угрозыска
Alexei Korotyukov
сотрудник угрозыска
Iosif Kolin
доктор Гинзбург
Mikhail Troyanovsky
Роман Фёдорович, фельдшер
Konstantin Nemolyayev
хозяин ресторана
Anatoliy Kubatskiy
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