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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

1977-06-06 · 81 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

The thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema. About how the movie is shot, and about the development of personal relationships between the main characters.

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Directors
Yakov Segel
Production companies
Gorky Film Studios
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Aleksandr MikhaylovAleksandr MikhaylovYuri, a stuntman
Liliya AleshnikovaLiliya AleshnikovaOlga
Vadim ZakharchenkoVadim ZakharchenkoAltov
Aleksandr LazarevAleksandr LazarevYevgeni, an actor
Marina DyuzhevaMarina DyuzhevaYuri' young sister
Natalya MartinsonNatalya MartinsonKrasnushkina
Semyon FaradaSemyon Farada
Vladimir GrammatikovVladimir Grammatikov
Leonid KanevskyLeonid Kanevsky
Elza LezhdeyElza Lezhdey
Aleksei MironovAleksei Mironov
Yevgeni MorgunovYevgeni Morgunov
Rufina NifontovaRufina Nifontova
Lyusyena OvchinnikovaLyusyena Ovchinnikova
Nikolai SkorobogatovNikolai Skorobogatov
Aleksandr VokachAleksandr Vokach
Nikolai KarnaukhovNikolai Karnaukhov
Zinaida SorochinskayaZinaida Sorochinskaya
Leonid GaidaiLeonid Gaidai
Valentin Smirnov

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