''Copper Angel'' () is a 1984
Soviet
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action film
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directed by Veniamyn Dorman and starring
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (; 18 August 1929, Kiev, USSR – 13 June 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied Kiev during World War II in his internationally acclaimed novel '' Babi ...
,
Leonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Early life
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyac ...
and
Aleksandr Filippenko
Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia (2000).
Biography
He was born in Moscow. His parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school. Later ...
.
Plot
The international geological expedition headed by Soviet engineer Kurmaev (
Anatoly Kuznetsov
Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (; 18 August 1929, Kiev, USSR – 13 June 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied Kiev during World War II in his internationally acclaimed novel '' Babi ...
), is doing research with the purpose of construction of hydroelectric power station in a remote mountain area of a Latin American country. Hotel ''Copper Angel'' forms the base of the expedition, a refuge for the brothers Valdes gang who are selling illegal drugs and a target for the reactionary organization.
Cast
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Anatoly Kuznetsov
Anatoly Vasilievich Kuznetsov (; 18 August 1929, Kiev, USSR – 13 June 1979, London) was a Russian-language Soviet writer who described his experiences in German-occupied Kiev during World War II in his internationally acclaimed novel '' Babi ...
as ''Kurmayev''
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Irina Shevchuk as ''Marina Gromova, geologist''
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Valentin Smirnitsky
Valentin Georgievich Smirtinsky (; born 10 June 1944 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2005).
Filmography
* ''Walking the Streets of Moscow'' (Я шагаю по Москве, 1963) as episode (un ...
as ''Vladislav''
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Leonid Yarmolnik
Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik (; born 22 January 1954) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film producer.
Biography
Yarmolnik was born on 22 January 1954 in Grodekovo, Primorsky Krai, where his father, Isaac Yarmolnik, a Soviet Army officer, was s ...
as ''Maurice Barro''
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Early life
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyac ...
as ''Larsen''
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Aleksandr Filippenko
Aleksandr Georgievich Filippenko (; born September 2, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor, People's Artist of Russia (2000).
Biography
He was born in Moscow. His parents moved to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan where he graduated from high school. Later ...
as ''Santiliano''
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Archil Gomiashvili
Archil Mikhaylovich Gomiashvili (, ka, არჩილ მიხეილის ძე გომიაშვილი; March 23, 1926 – May 31, 2005) was a Soviet Georgian theatre and film actor (People's Artist of Georgia, 1966) best known for ...
as ''Antonio Valdéz''
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Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as ''Sebastien Valdez''
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Alim Kouliev
Alim Kaisynovich Kouliev (born June 24, 1959) is a Soviet-born American actor, theatre director, and screenwriter of Balkar origin. Kouliev was born in Nalchik — a small city in USSR. His father was a Balkar poet Kaisyn Kuliev and his mother ...
as ''Jose Kodrero''
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Liya Akhedzhakova
Liya Mejidovna Akhedzhakova (; born 9 July 1938) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actress who received the title of People's Artist of Russia in 1994. She received two Nika Awards as the best supporting actress and the 2014 Nika Honor ...
as ''Rosita''
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Rostislav Yankovsky
Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky (; ; ; 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor. He was born in Odesa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951. Since 1957, he worked in the Minsk Drama The ...
as ''Levon, politician''
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Vadim Zakharchenko
Vadim Viktorovich Zakharchenko (; 19 February 1929 — 2 January 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2002. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Feder ...
as ''Max''
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Alexander Yakovlev
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s ...
as ''Vaqueros''
References
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1984 films
1984 action films
1980s Russian-language films
Russian-language action films
Soviet action films
Gorky Film Studio films
1980s Soviet films
Films scored by Mikael Tariverdiev
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