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Cast
Laimonas Noreika
as Kraft
Konstantin Sorokin
as Slonov
Vladimir Alekseyenko
as Aleksei Stepanovich
Yelena Dobronravova
as Nina Slavina
Mikhail Kozakov
as Belov
Gurgen Tonunts
as Iliescu
Yevgeni Teterin
as chief engineer of the ship repair plant
Vladimir Yemelyanov
as Kazanskiy
Boris Rudnev
as Sakhonin
Lembit Ulfsak
as Müller
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1969
Runtime1h 30m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresWar, Adventure
Votes1
DirectorBoris Durov, Stepan Puchinyan
WritersRustam Ibragimbekov
TypeFeature Film
Rating9.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsA Tale of a Chekist
About A Tale of a Chekist
At the end of 1943, during the occupation in Odessa, a new specialist Kraft arrives at the shipyard and soon becomes a chief engineer. It never occurred to anyone that a Soviet intelligence officer was hiding under the guise of a leader showing official zeal. At the decisive moment, when the victorious offensive of the Soviet troops forces the German-Romanian invaders to leave Odessa, on the instructions of the Center, Kraft leaves with them for further work behind enemy lines.
Directed by Boris Durov, Stepan Puchinyan, A Tale of a Chekist leans on a strong ensemble — Laimonas Noreika, Konstantin Sorokin, Vladimir Alekseyenko — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1969.
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