Italy / Dec 01, 1986 / Sorrento Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Nina Usatova | |
| Valeriy Filonov | Pobuzhinskiy |
| Zinaida Adamovich | Patrikeyevna |
| Anatoly Slivnikov | Bychkov |
| Andrey Dudarenko | Kashin |
| Valeri Kuzin | Narrator (voice) |
| Sergey Kushakov | |
| Yuri Aroyan | |
| Anatoliy Shvederskiy | |
| Lidiya Volkova | |
| Natalya Laburtseva | |
| Vladimir Tochilin | |
| Boris Voytsekhovskiy | |
| Svetlana Kireeva | |
| Larisa Solovyova | |
| Anna Nikolayeva | |
| Yuriy Pomogaev | Solovyov |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Мой друг Иван Лапшин |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Lenfilm |
| Release date | 3 gennaio 1985 |
| Production | Valentina Goroschnikova, Viktor Izvekov |
| Writer | Aleksei German, Yuri German, Eduard Volodarskiy |
| Editing | Leda Semyonova |
| Cinematography | Valery Fedosov, Anatoliy Rodionov |
| Assistant directors | Aleksei German, Viktor Aristov |
| Camera operators | Anatoliy Rodionov, Valery Fedosov |
| Additional photography | Anatoliy Rodionov, Valery Fedosov |
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| Production design | Yuri Pugach, Gennadi Savelyev, Yuriy Rotin |
| Art direction | Yuri Pugach, Gennadi Savelyev, Yuriy Rotin |
| Set decoration | Gennadi Savelyev, Yuriy Rotin, Yuri Pugach |
| Music | Arkadi Gagulashvili, Nikolai Astakhov |
| Sound | Nikolai Astakhov, Arkadi Gagulashvili |
| Costume design | Galina Deyeva, O. Telova |
| Makeup | O. Telova, Galina Deyeva |
| Hairstyling | O. Telova, Galina Deyeva |
Release dates
Premiere
United States / Mar 24, 1987 / New York New Directors & New Films Festival
Japan / Nov 01, 1998 / Tokyo International Film Festival
Sweden / Jan 25, 2014 / Göteborg International Film Festival
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Lithuania / Mar 20, 2014 / Vilnius International Film Festival
Slovenia / Nov 15, 2014 / Ljubljana International Film Festival
Argentina / Nov 30, 2014 / Mar del Plata Film Festival
Poland / Jul 15, 2019 / Transatlantyk Film Festival
Limited release
United States / May 22, 1987 / Los Angeles, California
Theatrical release
Russia / Jan 03, 1985 / In cinemas nationwide
Finland / Sep 27, 1986
France / Oct 15, 1986
Netherlands / Aug 27, 1987
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Hungary / Oct 08, 1987
Sweden / Jan 18, 1988
Argentina / Mar 03, 1988
Japan / Mar 25, 1989
Denmark / May 10, 1991
Russia / Nov 14, 2019
Physical media
Russia / Apr 06, 2010
TV
Netherlands / Oct 28, 1990
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