The film’s plot spans two eras: the 1930s and the present. Inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, Stalin ordered gold mining in the Soviet Union using political prisoners, appointing his film projectionist as the head of the Kolyma mines. The projectionist enthusiastically extracted gold, made bullets from it, and received the Order of Lenin. Over 70 years later, journalist Mykola Vorotnytskyi finds a businessman’s body with the Order of Lenin and a gold bullet. Despite an investigation revealing the killer, Mykola chooses not to disclose the name, prioritizing ethics over a monetary reward.
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Cast
13 people
Vitalii Linetskyi
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Anastasia Serdyuk
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Viktor Stepanov
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Oleg Maslennikov
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Yurii Yakusha
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Igor Petrusenko
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Igor Pisnyy
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Hryhorii Bokovenko
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Lidiya Chashchina
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Avtandil Bezhyashvili
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Yosyp Naiduk
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Oleksandr Yarema
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Mykhailo Belikov Director
First release November 27, 2003 · Produced in Ukraine · Original title Золота лихоманка
Production
Lavra Film Studio
Production
Ukraine
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Original title
Золота лихоманка
Original language
Ukrainian
Spoken on screen
Ukrainian
Release dates
Ukraine · November 27, 2003
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No release date listed for United States.
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