''Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game'' (russian: Плюмбум, или опасная игра, "Plyumbum, ili Opasnaya igra") is a 1987 Soviet

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directed by

Vadim Abdrashitov Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov (russian: Вадим Юсупович Абдрашитов, tt-Cyrl, Вадим Йосыф улы Габдерәшитов) is one of Russian cinema's most notable independent director (film), directors. He is inter ...

. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the

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, where it received the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.

Plot

Fifteen year old gifted teenager Ruslan Chutko longs to do good and help the police to identify offenses under the pseudonym Plumbum (Latin for -

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). Plumbum decides in a single provincial town to eradicate the evil. However, in his interest of being a fighter against evil he goes far beyond what is permitted in a children's play and ends up ruthlessly invading people's lives.

Cast

* Anton Androsov as Ruslan 'Plyumbum' Chutko * Yelena Dmitriyeva as Sonya *

Elena Yakovleva Elena Alexeevna Yakovleva (russian: Еле́на Алексе́евна Я́ковлева; born 5 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actress known for her roles in such films as ''Intergirl'' and ''Encore, Once More Encore!'' as well as for the ...

as Maria * Zoya Lirova as Ruslan's mother *

Aleksandr Pashutin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pashutin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пашу́тин; born January 28, 1943, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Selected f ...

as Ruslan's father *

Aleksandr Feklistov Aleksandr Vasilyevich Feklistov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Фекли́стов; born December 7, 1955) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1984 (the film ''Troop''). Since 2007 – ...

as 'Grey-Hair', the Militia commander * Vladimir Steklov as Lopatov * Aleksey Zaytsev as Kolya-Oleg

References

External links

* 1987 drama films 1987 films Films directed by Vadim Abdrashitov Russian drama films Soviet teen films {{Russia-film-stub