Far Eastern policeman Serezhkin, the hero of the movies "The Master of the Taiga" and "The Missing Witness", is now a captain. This time he investigates a complex case of missing rafts with wood, about the fight loggers with foreman Chubatov and a fire at the timber warehouse. All three cases are in one bundle: the intruders are trying to blame everything on the foreman. But Serezhkin is an experienced detective to figure it all out and save an honest man from prison.
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Cast
16 people
Valeriy Zolotukhin
Vasiliy Fokich Serozhkin — kapitan militsii
Known for
Night Watch
Forbidden Empire
Yuriy Nazarov
Ivan Gavrilovich Chubatov
Known for
Andrei Rublev
Mirror
Nadezhda Repina
Dar'ya — nevesta Chubatova
Known for
Office Romance
Vladimir Gostyukhin
Pavel Boborykin
Known for
The Ascent
Red Ghost
Viktor Shulgin
dyadya Fedot
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Maksim Munzuk
Archyo - Udyghe
Known for
Dersu Uzala
Siberiade
Valentin Grachyov
Nikolay Dmitriyevich Savel'yev - prokuror
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Georgiy Yumatov
nachal'nik militsii - podpolkovnik
Known for
Officers
Ballad of a Soldier
Oleg Golubitsky
Fedor Aleksandrovich - predsedatel' rayispolkoma
Also in
Who Will Tell A Fable?
The Doctor's Pupil
Ivan Savkin
Vsevolod Nikolayevich - pervyy sekretar' raykoma partii
Known for
Ivan's Childhood
Leonid Chubarov
Vasily Ivanovich Zavyalov
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
Alla Meshcheryakova
Tat'yana - zhena Serezhkina
Known for
Brigada
The Dawns Here Are Quiet
Andrei Razumovsky Director · Boris Mozhayev Writer Igor Yefremov Composer
First release October 1, 1979 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Предварительное расследование
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Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Предварительное расследование
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 1, 1979
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