The Safety Match
A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
Cast
Aleksei Gribov
Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov
Andrei Popov
Detective Emil Dyukovsky
Mikhail Yanshin
Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich
Nikolai Gritsenko
Psekov, estate manager
Nikolay Kurochkin
Yefrem, majordomo
Vladimir Kolchin
Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin)
Tamara Nosova
Akulina
Kseniya Tarasova
Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova
Marina Kuznetsova
Olga Petrovna Kuzmich
Mikhail Nazvanov
Mark Ivanovich Klyauzov
Vladimir Pokrovskiy
The Doctor (as V. Pokovsky)
Georgi Georgiu
Police Official (as G. Gyeorgiu)
Inna Fyodorova
(as I. Fyodorova)
Afanasi Kochetkov
Aleksandr Lebedev
(as A. Lebedev)
Yuri Leonidov
Officer
Nikolay Polenkov
(as N. Polenkov)
Sergei Troitsky
Crew
Igor Gelein
Director of Photography
Vasily Shirinsky
Original Music Composer
Valentin Zakharov
Director of Photography
Konstantin Yudin
Director
Tatyana Zinchuk
Editor
Anton Chekhov
Short Story
Nikolay Erdman
Writer
Vladimir Gerasimov
Assistant Director
Georgy Turylyov
Production Design
Liliya Dushina
Costume Design
Vasili Kovrigin
Costume Design
Sergei Minervin
Sound Director
V. Fetisov
Makeup & Hair
O. Gertz
First Assistant Director
Arnold Roytman
Conductor
G. Kharlamov
Producer