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directed by Vladimir Gerasimov and

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and starring

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and Yelena Shatrova. It was made by

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using the

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action thriller, set in

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Synopsis

From Moscow arrives Senior Lieutenant Lunin to the frontier who is assigned as its deputy chief. Due to the illness of the former chief, the lieutenant has to take command of the outpost. At the same time foreign intelligence is trying to enter the USSR territory. Near the state border under the guise of archaeologists spies under the name of Stanley and Marrow are deployed. The local

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gang of Ismail-Beg who are paid by their leadership, is trying to make an attack on Soviet territory as a diversion to their main operation - their imperceptible transition to the Soviet side. However, the operation fails; the gang is broken up, its remnants thrown over the border river and the violator spies are arrested and exposed.

Cast

as Lunin *

as Vera Alexandrovna * Yelena Shatrova as Polina Antonovna *

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as Kuleshov *

Stanislav Chekan Stanislav Yulianovich Chekan (russian: Станисла́в Юлиа́нович Чека́н; 2 June 1922, Rostov-on-Don — 11 August 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema, known primarily for his blue-collar manly appearance, a ...

as Martshenko *

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as Prochorov *

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as Vorobev * Mikhail Majorov as Grachyov * Vladimir Popov as Sledovatel * Mukhamejan Kasymov as Ismail-Beg *

Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Вячесла́вович Белоку́ров; July 8, 1904 – January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (196 ...

as Marrow *

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as Bridger *

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as Ben Stanley *

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as Carter *

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as Marya Tikhonovna *

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as Inspector *

Radner Muratov Radner Zinyatovich Muratov (russian: Раднэр Зинятович Муратов, tt-Cyrl, Раднэр Зиннәт улы Моратов, translit=Radner Zinnät uğlı Moratov; 21 October 1928 – 10 December 2004) was a Soviet and Russian s ...

as Akhmet * Aleksey Alekseev as Ustinov – mayor

References

Bibliography

* Hutchings, S. ''Russia and its Other(s) on Film: Screening Intercultural Dialogue''. Springer, 2008. * Rollberg, Peter. ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1953 films 1953 adventure films Soviet adventure films Russian adventure films 1950s Russian-language films Films directed by Konstantin Yudin Films directed by Vladimir Gerasimov Cold War spy films 1950s Soviet films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub