First Encounter - Last Encounter (1987)

  • NR
  • 11/11/1987 (US)
  • Mystery, Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 32m

Overview

The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detective Petya Chukhontsev, a law student who has not completed his studies, investigates the case of the murdered inventor Kuklin. He was murdered exactly as he predicted during a New Year's visit to Chukhontsev. While investigating the Kuklin case, Petya soon realizes that the central figure in this case is the German Scholz, the owner, who cheaply buys up the inventions of Russian craftsmen and hands them over to the spy Siegfried Gay, an advisor to the German embassy. . However, Petya will soon understand that it is better to mind his own business...

Vitali Melnikov

Director

Vladimir Valutskiy

Screenplay

Cast

Mikhail Morozov's headshot

Mikhail Morozov

Chukhontsev
Oleg Efremov's headshot

Oleg Efremov

Zanzeveev
Boris Plotnikov's headshot

Boris Plotnikov

Kuklin
Yuri Bogatyryov's headshot

Yuri Bogatyryov

Major Gei
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy's headshot

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Member of counter-intelligence
Sergey Shakurov's headshot

Sergey Shakurov

Scholtz
Mikhail Kononov's headshot

Mikhail Kononov

Former detective
Nikolay Kryuchkov's headshot

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Policeman

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