The Safety Match
7.4
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.
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Cast
19 people
Aleksei Gribov
Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov
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Andrei Popov
Detective Emil Dyukovsky
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Oblomov
Mikhail Yanshin
Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich
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Nikolai Gritsenko
Psekov, estate manager
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Nikolay Kurochkin
Yefrem, majordomo
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The Unamenables
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Vladimir Kolchin
Nikolai Tetekhov
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Tamara Nosova
Akulina
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Kseniya Tarasova
Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova
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Petersburg Nights
Wings of Victory
Marina Kuznetsova
Olga Petrovna Kuzmich
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Post in the Mountains
In a Busy Place
Mikhail Nazvanov
Mark Ivanovich Klyauzov
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Hamlet
Vladimir Pokrovskiy
The Doctor
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Georgi Georgiu
Police Official
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Konstantin Yudin Director · Nikolay Erdman Writer Anton Chekhov Author
First release August 10, 1954 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Шведская спичка
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Шведская спичка
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 10, 1954
Russia · August 10, 1954
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