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The Uninvited Friend
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The Uninvited Friend

1981-03-04 · 86 min · ★ 6.0

Drama

The film tells about the complex relationship between two chemical scientists. Viktor Sviridov arrived from the province, where he works as an engineer at one of the factories, at the metropolitan institute in order to defend his project related to an urgent scientific problem. However, without the support of a longtime friend Alexei Grekov, he has no chance: most members of the academic council are opposed to his project and himself. But Grekov is also forced to choose between his wife's scientific career and obligations to another.

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Production details

Directors
Leonid Maryagin
Production companies
Mosfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Oleg TabakovOleg TabakovGrekov
Oleg DalOleg DalSviridov
Irina AlfyorovaIrina AlfyorovaKIra
Natalya BelokhvostikovaNatalya BelokhvostikovaNina
Natalya GundarevaNatalya GundarevaGlushenkova
Anatoliy RomashinAnatoliy RomashinPervak
Vsevolod LarionovVsevolod LarionovBodrov
Aleftina EvdokimovaAleftina EvdokimovaLyudmila
Vsevolod SanayevVsevolod SanayevShlepyanov
Ivan RyzhovIvan RyzhovPetukhov
Yekaterina VasilyevaYekaterina VasilyevaVera
Yuri Katin-YartsevYuri Katin-YartsevVedeneyev
Larisa KuznetsovaLarisa KuznetsovaTanyusha
Nina NizheradzeNina NizheradzeRimma

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