The Rumyantsev Case
| The Rumyantsev Case | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Iosif Kheifits |
| Written by |
Yuri German Iosif Kheifits |
| Starring |
Aleksey Batalov Ninel Podgornaya Sergei Lukyanov Nikolai Kryuchkov |
| Music by | Benedict Pushkov |
| Cinematography |
Leo Sokolsky Moses Magid |
Production company | |
Release date | 8 March 1956 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Rumyantsev Case[1] (Russian: Дело Румянцева[2], translit. Delo Rumyanceva) is a 1956 Soviet crime film directed by Iosif Kheifits.
Plot
Young truck-driver Sasha Rumyantsev, trying to avoid running over a child, has an accident, his car crashes into a brick wall. Rumyantsev receives minor injuries, but his occasional passenger, a girl named Claudia, is injured more seriously. Rumyantsev faces prosecution, but the investigator finds out the real reason of the accident and finds Rumyatsev innocent.
Sasha and Claudia fall in love with each other, they are ready for living together and plan a wedding, but Rumyantsev falls into trouble again ... Rumyantsev's chief Korol'kov, scoundrel and drunkard, draws Sasha into his illegal enterprise. Because of Korol'kov, Rumyantsev becomes an accomplice in theft: he carries stolen goods in his truck. Rumyantsev is arrested, the police captain who investigates the case is unconditionally sure that the driver is guilty. However, the experienced сolonel Afanasyev believes Rumyantsev and exposes the real criminals.
Cast
- Aleksey Batalov as Sasha Rumyantsev, truck-driver
- Ninel Podgornaya as Claudia Naumenko, the student, Rumyantsev's bride
- Sergei Lukyanov as Sergei I. Afanasyev, police colonel
- Peter Lobanov as Samokhin, a police captain, inspector of OBKhSS
- Gennadi Yukhtin as Paul Evdokimov, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's friend
- Vladimir Lepko as Vasily Lemekhov, truck-driver
- Yevgeny Leonov as Mikhail Snegirev, truck-driver
- Inna Makarova as Nonna Snegireva, Mikhail Snegirev's wife
- Nikolai Kryuchkov as Korol'kov, chief of operations department
- Chekmaryov Victor as Shmyglo, a repeat offender, the ringleader of a gang of plunderers
- Ants Eskola as Prus, director of the shop, plunderer
- Arkady Trusov as Yakov Egorovich, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's eldest friend
- Ivan Selyanin as Vassily Stepanovich, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's eldest friend
- Lyudmila Golubeva as Lyuba, the student, Claudia's friend
- Eugene Losakevich as Zoya Pavlovna, Claudia's aunt
- Viktor Koval as Sasha, orphan, an adopted Paul Evdokimov
References
- ↑ "КиноПоиск.ru - Все фильмы планеты". kinopoisk.ru.
- ↑ Юрий Герман. "Дело Румянцева (1955) - информация о фильме - советские фильмы - Кино-Театр.РУ". kino-teatr.ru.