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The Vyborg Side (1939) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1939 · 92 mins · Russian
- Directed by
- Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
- Starring
- Mikhail Zharov, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Boris Chirkov, Boris Blinov, Valentina Kibardina, Stepan Kayukov
After the Revolution, factory worker Maxim becomes state commissar of the national bank, mastering banking and rooting out sabotage among his staff. Former associate Dymba, now a rogue, attempts a wine‑store robbery and is arrested with Maxim’s help. He also uncovers a Tsarist plot against Lenin and joins the Red Army against the German occupation.
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