The Green Van

(1983)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Year: 1983

Runtime: 135 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Александр Павловский

Cast: Дмитрий Харатьян, Борислав Брондуков, Александр Демьяненко, Александр Соловьёв, Регимантас Адомайтис, Константин Григорьев, Виктор Ильичёв, Эдуард Марцевич, Ольга Лысенко, Юрий Дубровин

Plot

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.