''The Last Day'' () is a 1972

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directed by Mikhail Ulyanov. The screen version of the play of the same name by Boris Vasilyev.

Plot

On his last working day, the outgoing district plenipotentiary, junior police lieutenant Semyon Mitrofanovich Kovalyov, as usual, bypasses the site and solves the accumulated problems. Among the usual cases, parsing and talking with drunkards, he finds time for the neighbor girl Alla, who fell under the influence of the leader of the thieves' gang. Seeing her in the company of a young man, similar in description to a certain Valera, suspected of theft, he tries to detain him, but he is killed by a lethal blow.

Cast

* Mikhail Ulyanov as Kovalyov *

Vyacheslav Nevinny Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (; 30 November 1934 – 31 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who was titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. He worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1959 until his death in 2009. Biography Nevinny ...

as Stepan Danilovich Stepeshko *

Igor Kashintsev Igor Konstantinovich Kashintsev (;Bohdan Stupka Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine. He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow I ...

as Valery * Mikhail Zhigalov as lieutenant * Vladimir Nosik as Sergey *

Valentina Vladimirova Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova (; 22 November 1927, in Vasylivka – 23 March 1994, 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 (r ...

as mother * Pyotr Kolbasin as policeman * Vitali Konyayev as episode (uncredited)

Other screen versions

In 1972, the director Boris Ravenskikh staged a play by Vasilyev at the Maly Theatre. In 1973 the performance was recorded for television. Самый последний день (спектакль)
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* 1973 drama films 1973 films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films Mosfilm films Films based on works by Boris Vasilyev Films about police officers 1970s police films 1970s police procedural films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub 1970s Russian-language films 1973 directorial debut films 1970s Soviet films