...And This Happened in Vichy

May 8, 1989

★ 8.0

Overview

The action takes place in France in 1942. The Nazis herded people of different social classes and nationalities into a pre-trial detention cell, facing imminent death. One of them, Prince von Berg, receives the right to freedom. He renounces this right in the name of saving another person.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Gosteleradio USSR

Central Television USSR

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Cast

kommersant

Igor Kashintsev

painter

Konstantin Kravinsky

electrician

Vitali Ovanesov

actor

Mikhail Filippov

waiter

Grigoriy Lyampe

boy

Roman Migunov

gypsy

Vladimir Ferapontov

german officer

Georgi Taratorkin

old jew

Aleksandr Rogovin

doctor

Mikhail Kozakov

prince von Berg

Vsevolod Safonov

french police captain

Igor Yankovsky

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