''Incident in the Taiga'' (Russian: ''Случай в тайге'') is a 1953 Soviet
action film
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directed by
Yuri Yegorov and starring
Aleksandr Antonov and
Gombozhap Tsydynzhapov.
[Rollberg p.216]
Plot
A young zoologist, Andrei Sazonov (played by Boris Bityukov), arrives from
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 ...
to a
Siberia
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n hunting enterprise to implement his newly developed method for breeding
sable
The sable (''Martes zibellina'') is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kaz ...
. While there, Andrei accuses Fyodor Volkov (played by Alexander Antonov), the enterprise's best hunter, of
poaching
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set against the huntin ...
. As a result, Volkov leaves the hunting operation, leaving Sazonov in a difficult position.
Cast
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Rimma Shorokhova as Yelena Sedykh (as R. Shorokhova)
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Boris Bityukov as Andrey Sazonov (as B. Bityukov)
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Aleksandr Antonov as Fyodor Volkov (as A. Antonov)
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Anatoliy Kubatsky as Nikita Stepanych (as A. Kubatskiy)
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Gombozhap Tsydynzhapov as Bogduyev (as G. Tsydynzhapov)
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Muza Krepkogorskaya
Musa Viktorovna Krepkogorskaya (; July 9, 1924, Moscow — June 26, 1999, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
Wife of actor Georgi Yumatov. They met at VGIK during the 1940s and lived to ...
as Katya Volkova (as M. Krepkogorskaya)
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Ivan Kuznetsov as Dolgushin (as I. Kuznetsov)
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Tsyren Shagzhin as Uladay (as Ts. Shagzin)
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Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Yegor Ivanovich (as P. Lyubeshkin)
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Vladimir Gulyaev
Vladimir Leonidovich Gulyaev (; 30 October 1924, Yekaterinburg, RSFSR — 3 October 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema.
Biography
He was born October 30, 1924, in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg, Russia). His father was as c ...
as Yasha
References
Bibliography
* Rollberg, Peter. ''Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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1953 films
1950s action films
Soviet action films
1950s Russian-language films
1950s Soviet films
Russian-language action films
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