Comedy ·Mystery · Soviet Union · 1954 · 52m

The Safety Match

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Director

Cast

Aleksei Gribov as Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov Andrei Popov as Detective Emil Dyukovsky Mikhail Yanshin as Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich Nikolai Gritsenko as Psekov, estate manager Nikolay Kurochkin as Yefrem, majordomo Vladimir Kolchin as Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin)

Crew

Igor Gelein — Director of Photography Valentin Zakharov — Director of Photography Tatyana Zinchuk — Editor Vasily Shirinsky — Original Music Composer Nikolay Erdman — Writer Georgy Turylyov — Production Design

Synopsis

A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.

Key Collaborators

Konstantin Yudin Director Igor Gelein Director of Photography Valentin Zakharov Director of Photography Tatyana Zinchuk Editor Vasily Shirinsky Original Music Composer Nikolay Erdman Writer Georgy Turylyov Production Design Liliya Dushina Costume Design Vasiliy Kovrigin Costume Design

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