The Centaurs
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A political conspiracy is brewing in an unnamed Latin American country. Everything is in play: blackmail, bribery, political assassinations, newspaper slander. The operation, code-named "Centaur", is conceived in Washington.
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Cast
29 people
Donatas Banionis
The President
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Regimantas Adomaitis
Orlando
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Yevgeni Lebedev
General Pin
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Margit Lukács
Angelica - the President's wife
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Gyula Benkő
General Calatón
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Kántor
Yelena Ivochkina
Anna-Maria
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Gennadiy Bortnikov
Anibele
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Cherry Town
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Valentin Gaft
Andres
Known for
The Master and Margarita
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Bruno O'Ya
Nilson
Known for
The Deluge
Mihai Volontir
Evaristo
Also in
Incident at Map-Grid 36-80
In the Zone of Special Attention
Irén Sütő
Anna-Maria's mother
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Jitka Zelenohorská
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Closely Watched Trains
Vytautas Žalakevičius Director · Roland Kazaryan Composer Pavel Lebeshev Cinematographer
First release January 29, 1979 · Produced in XC, Hungary, Russia, Colombia, Russia, Czechia · Production Mosfilm, Mafilm
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Mafilm
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
Dnipro
Production
MAFILM Dialóg Filmstúdió
Production
XC · Hungary · Russia · Colombia · Russia · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Кентавры
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 29, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
November 2, 1979 · Theatrical
Germany
September 13, 1979 · TV · East Germany, DFF 2
September 5, 1980 · Theatrical · East Germany
Hungary
March 29, 1979 · Theatrical
XC
May 4, 1979 · Theatrical
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