1954
5.8 (6 votes)
0h 52m
Genres
Comedy
Mystery
Production Companies
Mosfilm
The Safety Match (Шведская спичка)
Overview
A man of big status disappears in a small provincial town. An old bored investigator and his young hyperactive assistant are on a trail of a bloody murderer.
Key Crew
Producer: Vladimir Gerasimov
Director of Photography: Igor Gelein, Valentin Zakharov
Director: Konstantin Yudin
Story: Anton Chekhov
Writer: Nicolai Erdman
Top Cast
Aleksei Gribov
Magistrate Nikolai Yermolayevich Chudikov
Andrei Popov
Detective Emil Dyukovsky
Mikhail Yanshin
Police Capt. Yevgraf Kuzmich
Nikolai Gritsenko
Psekov, estate manager
Nikolay Kurochkin
Yefrem, majordomo
Vladimir Kolchin
Nikolai Tetekhov (as V. Kolchin)
Tamara Nosova
Akulina
Kseniya Tarasova
Maria Ivanovna Klyauzova
