The Safety Match (1954)

  • NR
  • 08/10/1954 (SU)
  • Comedy, Mystery
  • 52m

Overview

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.

Anton Chekhov

Story

Konstantin Yudin

Director

Nicolai Erdman

Writer

Cast

Aleksei Gribov's headshot

Aleksei Gribov

Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov
Andrei Popov's headshot

Andrei Popov

Detective Emil Dyukovsky
Mikhail Yanshin's headshot

Mikhail Yanshin

Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich
Nikolai Gritsenko's headshot

Nikolai Gritsenko

Psekov, estate manager
Nikolay Kurochkin's headshot

Nikolay Kurochkin

Yefrem, majordomo
Vladimir Kolchin's headshot

Vladimir Kolchin

Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin)
Tamara Nosova's headshot

Tamara Nosova

Akulina
Kseniya Tarasova's headshot

Kseniya Tarasova

Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova

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