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Plot

Boxer Viktor Dryomov, having left prison after serving 3 years for beating, finds himself in a difficult situation. The woman he loved went to the old antiquary, and there is no money and no work. Soon, he falls under the supervision of racketeers, who, through skillful provocation and police connections, are trying to attract the former boxing champion to criminal activities. It’s not easy to refuse to gangsters, and under the influence of their blackmail, he agrees to work for them. However, later Victor refuses to continue to engage in racketeering, and as a result a false denunciation is fabricated against him. Dremova is detained by the police, but he does not wait for the charges to be brought. Having escaped from the police station, the hero decides to act and alone destroys the bandits.

Cast

* Yevgeny Sidikhin as Viktor Dryomov *

as Garik,

racketeer Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit. The term "racket ...

* Viktor Stepanov as Starodubtsev, Dryomov's coach *

Tatyana Lyutaeva Tatyana Borisovna Lyutaeva (, born 12 March 1965) is a Soviet, Lithuanian, Russian theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2014). Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.Vladimir Kashpur Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimi ...

as Nikolai * Igor Mirkurbanov as racketeer Tolyan * Nikita Dzhigurda as cook in kebab house * Alina Tarkinskaya as prostitute Mary * Yekaterina Kmit as Mary's friend * Vladimir Talkov as racketeer driver

Production

Exactly 1 year before the murder of Igor Talkov, on October 6, 1990, the scene of the murder of his hero was filmed. Filming took place in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

on Kaluga Square, Goncharnaya Street, Chistoprudny Boulevard and Yelokhovskaya Square.

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* {{Rating, 7.4, 10 1990s Russian films 1990s Russian-language films Soviet crime action films Soviet crime drama films Russian-language crime action films Russian-language crime drama films Soviet action drama films 1990s crime action films 1991 crime drama films 1990s action drama films Russian vigilante films Films set in Moscow Films shot in Moscow Mosfilm films Soviet boxing films 1990s vigilante films 1991 films