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The Green Van

The Green Van

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 28, 1983

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Зеленый фургон

Production Companies

Gosteleradio USSR, Odessa Film Studio

Director

Aleksandr Pavlovskiy

Description

It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.