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My Friend Ivan Lapshin

6.719851h 35mMovieDrama

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well.

DirectorAleksei German
WritersAleksei German·Eduard Volodarskiy
ProducersValentina Goroschnikova·Viktor Izvekov

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Not available in Australia
Streaming in 7 other countries

My Friend Ivan Lapshin isn't on any streaming service in Australia right now, but it's available in Croatia, Iceland, Russia, Slovakia and 3 more. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Aleksei German

ABAndrei Boltnev
Andrei Boltnev
Ivan Lapshin
NRNina Ruslanova
Nina Ruslanova
Natasha Adasova
AMAndrey Mironov
Andrey Mironov
Khanin
AZAleksei Zharkov
Aleksei Zharkov
Okoshkin
AFAleksandr Filippenko
Aleksandr Filippenko
Zanadvorov
YKYuriy Kuznetsov
Yuriy Kuznetsov
Superintendent
SFSemyon Farada
Semyon Farada
Dzhatiev
VFValeriy Filonov
Valeriy Filonov
Pobuzhinskiy
ZA
Zinaida Adamovich
Patrikeyevna
AS
Anatoly Slivnikov
Bychkov
ADAndrey Dudarenko
Andrey Dudarenko
Kashin
SK
Sergey Kushakov
Yegorov

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