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Blackmailer
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Blackmailer

1988-01-28 · 87 min · ★ 8.0

Drama · Crime

Ninth graders Genka and Anya crash the girl's father's car. Misha, having earned money from the photos, gives money to his friends, but they are not enough. Then Genka steals a video camera from the school's art studio, draws his father into this story, and does not yet know that a shot will follow very soon...

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Directors
Valeri Kurykin
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mikhail EfremovMikhail EfremovМиша Рубцов
Leonid KuravlyovLeonid KuravlyovФедор Семенович
Sergey GarmashSergey Garmashучитель
Aleksandr ShirvindtAleksandr ShirvindtВалерий Юрьевич, отец Гены
Valentina TitovaValentina TitovaЕлена Куликова
Nikolai KarnaukhovNikolai KarnaukhovГригорий Кузьмич
Valery AfanasyevValery AfanasyevДимка-жестянщик
Natalya NazarovaNatalya NazarovaЛюба, актриса

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