In 1923 two young guys with different personality traits go on probation to work with newly formed Soviet Union Criminal Investigation Department.
Acting
Efremov and Tabakov's tense, lived-in chemistry.
Direction
Gerasimov's unflinching institutional realism.
Director
Vladimir Gerasimov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Khrushchev's Thaw, when Soviet cinema briefly dared to show state institutions as fallible.
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