''Strong with Spirit'' () is a 1967 Soviet

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directed by Viktor Georgiyev based on a screenplay by Anatoli Grebnev and Aleksandr Lukin. It tells the story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov. The picture was the 26th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.

Plot

The film is about the Soviet intelligence officer

Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov (; 27 July 1911 – 9 March 1944) was a Soviet intelligence agent and partisan who operated in Nazi-occupied Ukraine (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) during World War II and who personally killed six high-ranking Germa ...

Cast

Gunārs Cilinskis Gunārs Cilinskis (23 May 193125 July 1992) was a Latvian theater and film actor, film director and screenwriter. Cilinskis was born in Riga and died in Riga district. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1979). Personal life * Wife — Velt ...

as Nikolai Kuznetsov / Paul Zibert (dubbed by Aleksandr Belyavsky) *

Ivan Pereverzev Ivan Fyodorovich Pereverzev (; 3 September 1914 – 23 April 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1975). From his relationship with the actress Alla Larionova, he had a daughter, Alyona. Filmog ...

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...

* Yevgeni Vesnik as Voronchuk, agent *

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Lyusyena Ivanovna Ovchinnikova (; 10 September 1931 – 8 January 1999) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1993. She is an Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1973).Yuri Solomin Yury Mefodyevich Solomin (; 18 June 1935 – 11 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre (Moscow), Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988. He previously served as Minister of Culture of the ...

as Mayor Gettel *

Vija Artmane Vija Artmane (born Alīda Artmane; 21 August 1929 in Kaive, Sēme Parish – 11 October 2008 in Strenči) was a Latvian theatre and cinema actress. Life and career Childhood Vija Artmane was born as Alīda Artmane at the time when Latvia was a ...

as Lidia Lisovskaya *

Victoria Fyodorova Victoria Fyodorova (formerly Pouy; January 18, 1946 – September 5, 2012) was a Russian-American actress and author. She was born shortly after World War II to Jackson Tate (1898–1978), then a captain in the United States Navy, and Russian a ...

as Valentina Dovger * Aleksandr Galevsky as Prikhodko * Yuri Bogolyubov as Belotinsky * Yuri Volkov as Ortel *

Daniil Netrebin Daniil () is a Russian masculine given name. Daniil () may also be a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts and literature *Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, poet, and Christian mystic *Daniil Chyorny (c. 1 ...

as mayor * Paul Butkevich as Kaminsky *

Andrei Fajt Andrei Andreyevich Fayt (Feit) (; 29 August 1903 – 17 January 1976) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1976. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and died in Moscow. Selected filmography * ''The Battleshi ...

as count Gran *

Pyotr Sobolevsky Pyotr Stanislavovich Sobolevsky (; 22 May 1904 – 26 July 1977) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1926 and 1973. Biography Sobolevsky was born on 22 May 1904 in Tomsk. He studied at the (FEKS) under Grigori Kozintse ...

as hauptmann *

Anatoli Romashin Anatoli Vladimirovich Romashin (; 1931–2000) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director. He won the USSR State Prize (1977) and was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982). Biography Anatoli Romashin was born in Leningrad o ...

as ober-lieutenant (dubbed by Oleg Golubitsky)

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* World War II spy films Films based on Russian novels 1960s Soviet films 1960s Russian-language films 1960s war adventure films Russian biographical films Soviet biographical films Russian-language biographical films 1960s biographical films Russian adventure films Soviet war adventure films Soviet World War II films Russian World War II films Russian-language war adventure films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub