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The Rumyantsev Case (Russian: Дело Румянцева, romanized: Delo Rumyantseva) is a 1955 Soviet crime drama film directed by Iosif Kheyfits.
Plot
Young truck-driver Sasha Rumyantsev, trying to avoid running over a child, has an accident, his car crashes into a brick wall. Rumyantsev receives minor injuries, but his occasional passenger, a girl named Klavdya, is injured more seriously. Rumyantsev faces prosecution, but the investigator finds out the real reason of the accident and finds Rumyatsev innocent.
Sasha and Klavdya fall in love with each other, they are ready for living together and plan a wedding, but Rumyantsev falls into trouble again ... Rumyantsev's chief Korol'kov, scoundrel and drunkard, draws Sasha into his illegal enterprise. Because of Korol'kov, Rumyantsev becomes an accomplice in theft: he carries stolen goods in his truck. Rumyantsev is arrested, the police captain who investigates the case is unconditionally sure that the driver is guilty. However, the experienced сolonel Afanasyev believes Rumyantsev and exposes the real criminals.
Production
Production design by Isaak Kaplan, Berta Manevich
Set decoration by Yu. Freydlin
Makeup department by V. Sokolov
Cast
Aleksey Batalov as Sasha Rumyantsev, truck-driver
Ninel Podgornaya as Klavdya Naumenko, the student, Rumyantsev's bride
Sergey Lukyanov as Sergey I. Afanasyev, police colonel
Pyotr Lobanov as Samokhin, a police captain, inspector of OBKhSS
Gennadi Yukhtin as Paul Evdokimov, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's friend
Vladimir Lepko as Vasily Lemekhov, truck-driver
Yevgeny Leonov as Mikhail Snegirev, truck-driver
Inna Makarova as Nonna Snegireva, Mikhail Snegirev's wife
Nikolay Kryuchkov as Korol'kov, chief of operations department
Viktor Chekmaryov as Shmyglo, a repeat offender, the ringleader of a gang of plunderers
Ants Eskola as Prus, director of the shop, plunderer
Arkady Trusov as Yakov Egorovich, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's eldest friend
Ivan Selyanin as Vassily Stepanovich, truck-driver, Rumyantsev's eldest friend
Lyudmila Golubeva as Lyuba, the student, Claudia's friend
Yevgeny Losakevich as Zoya Pavlovna, Claudia's aunt
Viktor Koval as Sasha, orphan, an adopted Paul Evdokimov
References
External links
The Rumyantsev Case at IMDb
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