The beginning of the XX century. In Munich, the Leninist "Iskra", an illegal newspaper of Russian Social Democrats, began to appear. The Russian conspirator Konkordiya arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets the Bulgarian Ivan Zagubanski and gives him two suitcases with false bottoms, which contain a secret consignment of the latest issue of a newspaper. About the young, courageous revolutionary Ivan Zagubanski, who was one of the first couriers to bring Iskra from abroad. The film showed an ideological, moral clash of people preparing a revolution with the guardians of the royal order.
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Cast
22 people
Stefan Danailov
Ivan Zagubanski
Known for
The Octopus
Zhanna Bolotova
Konkordiya Samoilova
Known for
Wings
Konstantin Isayev
Vladimir Yanchev
Peter Stupel
Dmitriy Gershengorin
Venelin Pekhlivanov
Georgy Bakalov
Also in
The Last Voivoda
Sweet and Sour
Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Doncho Todorov
Vladimir Retsepter
Arseny Dokumyga
Also in
Lebedev vs. Lebedev
To the Coming Century
Evgeni Leonov
Kritski
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Kin-dza-dza!
Valentin Gaft
Nikolay Fon Getsberg
Known for
The Master and Margarita
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Vladimir Yanchev Director · Konstantin Isaev Writer Peter Stupel Composer
First release March 1, 1968 · Produced in Russia, Bulgaria · Production Boyana Film
Production
Mosfilm
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Boyana Film
Production
Russia · Bulgaria
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Original title
Первый курьер
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Bulgaria · March 1, 1968
Theatrical
Russia · April 20, 1968
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
May 2, 1969 · TV premiere
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