Alone and Unarmed (russian: Один и без оружия, Odin i bez oruzhiya) is a Soviet 1984

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directed by Pavel Fattahutdinov and

Vladimir Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer. Biography Born in the Altai Krai, Russian ...

. A screen adaptation of the detective Nikolai Leonov's ''Agony''.Один и без оружия
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Plot

The film is set in 1927. Former commander of the

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Konstantin Vorontsov is appointed chief of criminal investigation in a small provincial town. Together with experienced investigation employee Ivan Melentyev, he starts to fight the leader of the thieves' world who goes by the name of Korney. Vorontsov and Melentyev prefer different methods of work; if Melentyev relies on deliberate placement of his people in the criminal environment, then Vorontsov wants to act as quickly as possible. The complexity of the struggle against Korney is that he does not commit the crimes with his own hands but instead oversees their execution. Due to a successful operation judiciary police manages to plant their agent to Korney in order to find out the place and time of the upcoming thief gathering. But at the last moment he changes the gathering place. Vorontsov has no time to warn anyone and is forced to act alone. He cleverly plays on the diverging interests in the company of thieves and destroys their sense of community. Korney kills Vorontsov but then gets arrested.

Cast

*Vasily Mishchenko as ''Konstantin Nikolaevich Vorontsov'' * Ivan Agafonov as ''Korney'' *

Vsevolod Larionov Vsevolod Dmitriyevich Larionov (russian: Всеволод Дмитриевич Ларионов; September 11, 1928 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union – October 8, 2000 Viktor Bortsov Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (russian: Виктор Андреевич Борцов; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg, USSR – May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a People's Artist of RSFSR. Bortsov w ...

as ''Dmitry Sergeyevich'' * Boris Galkin as ''Sonny'' * Adolf Ilyin as ''Alexey'' *

Mikhail Kononov Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, ...

as ''Pyotr, porter'' *Avangard Leontyev as ''photographer'' *

Elena Mayorova Elena Vladimirovna Mayorova (russian: Еле́на Влади́мировна Майо́рова; 30 May 1958 – 23 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).Русский драматич� ...

as ''Darya Ivanovna Latysheva'' *

Talgat Nigmatulin Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin ( tt-Latn, Təlğət Qadıyr uğlı Niğmətulin, russian: Талга́т Кады́рович Нигмату́лин; 5 March 1949, in Kyzyl-Kiya – 11 February 1985, in Vilnius) was a famous Soviet actor and martia ...

as ''Khan (Hassan Halidov)'' *

Nikolay Smorchkov Nikolay Gavrilovich Smorchkov (russian: Николай Гаврилович Сморчков; 9 August 1930 – 7 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. Biography Nikolay Smorchkov was born on 9 August 1930 in the village of Ivanko ...

as ''Treshchalov''

Production

Vladimir Khotinenko's film was shot in

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and

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References

External links

* * Films directed by Vladimir Khotinenko 1984 directorial debut films Soviet crime drama films 1984 crime drama films 1984 films {{1980s-USSR-film-stub