First Encounter - Last Encounter
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The story concerns the events in Saint Petersburg on the eve of the First World War. Private detective Petya Chukhontsev, a law student who has not completed his studies, investigates the case of the murdered inventor Kuklin. He was murdered exactly as he predicted during a New Year's visit to Chukhontsev. While investigating the Kuklin case, Petya soon realizes that the central figure in this case is the German Scholz, the owner, who cheaply buys up the inventions of Russian craftsmen and hands them over to the spy Siegfried Gay, an advisor to the German embassy. . However, Petya will soon understand that it is better to mind his own business...
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Cast
15 people
Mikhail Morozov
Chukhontsev
Known for
Saving Leningrad
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Oleg Efremov
Zanzeveev
Known for
Beware of the Car!
War and Peace
Boris Plotnikov
Kuklin
Known for
The Ascent
Heart of a Dog
Yuri Bogatyryov
Major Gei
Known for
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Oblomov
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Member of counter-intelligence
Known for
Beware of the Car!
Letter Never Sent
Sergey Shakurov
Scholtz
Known for
Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Kitchenblock
Mikhail Kononov
Former detective
Known for
Andrei Rublev
Station for Two
Nikolay Kryuchkov
Policeman
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
The Forty-First
Leonid Kuravlyov
Count
Known for
Viy
Brigada
Olga Mashnaya
Wanda's maid
Known for
Kin-dza-dza!
Sergey Migitsko
Colonel Bobrin
Also in
Andersen. Life Without Love
Incognito from St.Petersburg
Grażyna Szapołowska
Wanda
Known for
365 Days
A Short Film About Love
Vitaliy Melnikov Director · Vladimir Valutsky Screenplay Timur Kogan Composer
United States release November 11, 1987 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Первая встреча, последняя встреча
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Первая встреча, последняя встреча
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 6, 1987
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 1987
Theatrical
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