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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1963-06-28
Runtime: 79 mins
Director: Ivan Pravov
Writer: Lev Sheynin
Spoken language: Pусский
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Drama, TV Movie
Original title: The Chain Reaction
Production Companies: Mosfilm, Gosteleradio USSR
Production Countries: Soviet Union

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Izolda Izvitskaya

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Gurgen Tonunts

Pyotr Repnin

Vsevolod Yakut

Konstantin Bartashevich

Nina Agapova

Bulat Okudzhava

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