My Friend Ivan Lapshin

6.7/1019851h 35mReleased

Drama

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.

Released: Jan 3, 1985

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Andrei Boltnev

Ivan Lapshin

Nina Ruslanova

Natasha Adasova

Andrey Mironov

Khanin

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