During the war, the Germans exported breeding horses from Russia, among which was Ermakov’s favorite. After the war, he managed to find her and return her to Russia, but the tribal certificate was lost. And now, forty years later, the granddaughter of this horse - the magnificent race mare Secunda - is being sold for pennies at an international auction to a certain Baron von Ritter. Ermakov guesses about the true owner of the “lost” document and, in the end, returns it to himself.
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Nikolay Penkov
Andrey Vasilyevich Ermakov
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Laimonas Noreika
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Valeri Kurykin
Nikolai Timchenko
Svetlana Sukhovey
Nastya (doch Ermakova)
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Milovitsa
Valeri Kurykin
Lev Prygunov
Yuri Stepanovich Logunov
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Archangel
The Saint
Boris Rychkov
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Sergey Petrovich Travnikov (sotrudnik Vneshtorga)
Known for
The Secret of the Third Planet
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Nikolai Saushin
Yuriy Sarantsev
Chekantsev (chinovnik)
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Planet of Storms
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle
Leonid Kharitonov
Egorych (konyukh)
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Magicians
Oblomov
Valeri Kurykin Director · Nikolai Timchenko Screenplay Boris Rychkov Composer
First release May 23, 1983 · Produced in Russia · Original title Аукцион
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Аукцион
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · May 23, 1983
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No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
March 7, 1985 · Theatrical
Russia
September 1, 1983
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