My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.

Directed by: Aleksei German

Cast: Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova, Andrey Mironov, Aleksei Zharkov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Semyon Farada, Nina Usatova, Valeriy Filonov, Zinaida Adamovich, Anatoly Slivnikov, Andrey Dudarenko

Genres: Crime, Drama

Rating: 6.9/10

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