The accountant of the commodity base discovers a small mistake in the documents, as told by the manager of the base. That night, someone hacked and robbed a safe with accounting documents, and committed the killing of an accountant. The case for the search for criminals was entrusted to police commissioner Krechetov and lieutenant Kasyanov.
Acting
Lev Sverdlin's Krechetov: weary integrity in every shoulder slump.
Direction
Sukhobokov squeezes dread from fluorescent offices and empty warehouses.
Director
Vladimir Sukhobokov
Lev Sverdlin
police commissioner Krechetov
Mark Bernes
"Ogonyok"
Vadim Grachov
lieutenant Kasyanov
Valentina Ushakova
Tanya
Vladimir Andreyev
Aleksei
Yevgeny Gurov
Nikiforov
Yuriy Kireev
captain Sobolev
Evgeni Burenkov
Mitya
Grigori Kirillov
Kazimir Nezhuk
Vladimir Vladislavskiy
Volobyev
Tatyana Okunevskaya
Raisa
Zoya Fyodorova
Marfa
Stepan Bubnov
Bugrov
Sergei Filippov
Polzikov
Lyudmila Chernyshyova
Nikiforova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Bernes was already a beloved Soviet pop star; casting him as 'Ogonyok' smuggled star power into state-approved cinema.
The film's 'whodunit' structure was rare for Soviet cinema—Stalin-era crime films usually showed the culprit in act one to emphasize socialist justice prevailing.
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