The Chain Reaction
Directed by Ivan Pravov
Plot
An old pickpocket named "Cardinal", during the days of the International Festival of Youth and Students, decides to gather old “personnels” to prepare small and large thefts from the festival participants. During the "conference" it turns out that a complete "personnel crisis" has come. The ensuing meeting with the former bootlegger — Senka-Moroz, who broke with his past and found happiness in his family and honest work, leads the Cardinal to confusion and mental confusion. A conversation with Professor Muromtsev, a terminally ill person who nevertheless cares about the fate of others, shock the "Cardinal" and he takes the first but decisive step towards a new life, breaking with the criminal world.
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Cast
Vladimir Kenigson
"Cardinal"
Lev Ivanov
Muromtsev
Eduard Bredun
Senka-Moroz
Izolda Izvitskaya
Nadya
Leonid Usach
"Bubble"
Emmanuil Nelin
"Zyamka-kangaroo"
Nikolay Gagarin
"Pigeon"
Gurgen Tonunts
"Doctor"
Pyotr Repnin
Kadetskiy
Vsevolod Yakut
"Author"
Konstantin Bartashevich
german
Nina Agapova
robbed woman
Bulat Okudzhava
bus passenger
Yevdokiya Urusova
aunt Sasha
Mikhail Vorobyov
pickpocket