The Centaurs

Jan 29, 1979

2h 20m

★ 2.7

Overview

A political conspiracy is brewing in an unnamed Latin American country. Everything is in play: blackmail, bribery, political assassinations, newspaper slander. The operation, code-named "Centaur", is conceived in Washington.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Mosfilm

Mafilm

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Cast

The President

Donatas Banionis

Orlando

Regimantas Adomaitis

General Pin

Yevgeni Lebedev

Angelica - the President's wife

Margit Lukács

General Calatón

Gyula Benkő

Anna-Maria

Yelena Ivochkina

Anibele

Gennadiy Bortnikov

Andres

Valentin Gaft

Nilson

Bruno O'Ya

Evaristo

Mihai Volontir

Anna-Maria's mother

Irén Sütő

Prezidentova Tajemnice Julie

Jitka Zelenohorská

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