My Friend Ivan Lapshin (English subtitles). Part 9/9.

Alexei German's third film as director is based on stories written by his father, prominent author Yuri German. The mostly black-and-white film begins with a present-day color sequence, then reverts to monochrome and the freezing winter of 1935, when the narrator was nine years old. The boy lived in an apartment with his father and two other men, Police Chief Ivan Lapshin and his officious underling. The story focuses on Lapshin as he tracks down a gang of crooks in his provincial Russian village, helps his recently widowed friend, and enters into a tentative relationship with an actress. Capable direction by German and a talented ensemble cast make this detailed look at the pre-purge Soviet Union both entertaining and richly rewarding.

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Crew:
Screenplay by Eduard Volodarsky
Directed by Alexei German
Directors of Photography: Valery Fedosov, Alexei Rodianov
Production Designer - Yury Pugach
Music by Arkady Gagulashvily

Cast:
Andrei Boltnev as Ivan Lapshin
Nina Ruslanova as Natasha Adasova
Andrei Mironov as Khanin
Aleksei Zharkov as Okoshkin
Zinaida Adamovich as Patrikeyevna
Aleksandr Filippenko as Zanadvorov
Yuri Kuznetsov as Superintendent
Valeriy Filonov as Pobuzhinskiy
Anatoli Slivnikov as Bychkov
Andrei Dudarenko as Kashin

© LENFILM, 1984.
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Internet Movie database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084345/
New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/24/movies/new-directors-ne...
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English subtitles from:
http://www.opensubtitles.org/subtitles/3130711
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The Cranes are Flying / Летят журавли. (822 mb).
http://narod.ru/disk/7257110000/The_Cranes_are_Flying_Eng...
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Destiny of a Man / Судьба человека. (810 mb).
http://narod.ru/disk/7259454000/Destiny_of_a_Man_Eng_subs...
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Friend / Друг. (485 mb).
http://narod.ru/disk/8235075000/Friend_Eng_subs.avi.html
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The Last Inch / Последний дюйм (865 mb).
http://narod.ru/disk/3934824000/Last_Inch_Eng_subs.avi.html (less info)