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The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
8.1 / 10• 1979• 5h 59m•NR• Russian
ActionCrimeMysteryTV Movie
Storyline
Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls, having come to the MUR for distribution, to the department for combating banditry. In the city the Black Cat gang rages, terrifying Muscovites. Captain Gleb Zheglov enters the fray with the bandits, for whom Sharapov soon becomes his right hand.
Cast & Crew
Vladimir Vysotsky
Gleb Zheglov
Lead
Vladimir Konkin
Vladimir Sharapov
Sergei Yursky
Gruzdev
Viktor Pavlov
Levchenko
Natalya Fateyeva
Sobolevskaya
Leonid Kuravlyov
"Smoked"
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Nadya
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Yevgeni Fox
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stanislav Govorukhin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
