Vertical Race (film)

Vertical Race (Russian: Гонки по вертикали, romanized: Gonki po vertikali) is a 1983 Soviet three-part crime miniseries directed by Aleksander Muratov based on the story of the same name by the Vayner Brothers.[1][2]

Vertical Race
Directed byAleksander Muratov
Written byVayner Brothers
StarringAndrey Myagkov
Valentin Gaft
Music byEugen Doga
CinematographyAleksander Yanovskiy
Edited byElizaveta Rybak
Production
company
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
199 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The action takes place in the USSR in the 1980s. The plot is based on the confrontation between Moscow Criminal Investigations Department inspector Stanislav Tikhonov (Andrey Myagkov) and the thief-recidivist Alexei Dedushkin, nicknamed "Baton" (Valentin Gaft.

Officers of the investigations department detain a criminal with an imported suitcase packed with foreign things among which they find the Order of St. Andrew, but due to insufficient evidence (no report of theft), they have to let "Baton" go. He is at large and continues to pursue criminal activities. He begins to feel threatened, starts to steal fur hats and coats from a store, commits a theft in the apartment of a retired general, where, in addition to the savings book, "Baton" also takes the revolver and cartridges. Taking the thief into custody becomes a matter of principle to Tikhonov, he carefully collects the evidence, and Dedushkin has nowhere to go. The cornered criminal is ready to use weapons against a police officer.

Cast
  • Andrey Myagkov - Stanislav Tikhonov, investigator
  • Valentin Gaft - Lyokha Dedushkin, thief-recidivist named "Baton"
  • Vladimir Salnikov - Alexander Saveliev, Tikhonov's assistant (voiced by Alexander Ryzhkov)
  • Nikolai Zasukhin - Vladimir Ivanovich Sharapov, the head of Tikhonov
  • Galina Polskikh - Zosia, a friend of the "Baton"
  • Irina Brazgovka - Lyudmila Mihailovna Roznina, an employee of the archive
  • Elena Kapitsa - Lena, Tikhonov's former beloved
  • Stanislav Chekan - captain of militia, the duty officer of the bullpen
  • Vyacheslav Zholobov - Igor Ivanov, administrator of "Racing in the vertical"
  • Valeriy Durov - falerist
  • Iraida Stroumova - Director of the archive (voiced by Eugenia Khanaeva)
  • Alexander Valkovich - Alexander Mikhailovich, archivist
  • Zinaida Dekhtyaryova - Tikhonov's mother (voiced by Yevgeny Uralov)
  • Victor Miroshnichenko - Bakum, taxi driver (voiced by Vadim Zakharchenko)
  • Kapitolina Ilenko - Elizaveta Henrichovna von Dietz (Boyko)
  • Vasily Korzun - Oleg Nikolayevich Lebedev, chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (voiced by Nikolai Grabbe)
  • Boris Bityukov - "The Shaman"
  • Vladimir Druzhnikov - Alexey Y. Uvnarskiy, Surgeon
  • Ninel Myshkova - Valentina, wife of Obnorsky
  • Vladimir Koval - Signor Costelli
  • Valery Nosik - airport employee, former accomplice of "Baton"

References
  1. "Гонки по вертикали". VokrugTV.
  2. "Гонки по вертикали. Х/ф". Russia-K.

Vertical Race at IMDb


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