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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

1977•1h 21m•5.0/10
Drama

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5.0/10(2)

The thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema. About how the movie is shot, and about the development of personal relationships between the main characters.

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Production

Gorky Film Studios

Language

RU

Status

Released

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Cast

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Yuri, a stuntman

Liliya Aleshnikova

Liliya Aleshnikova

Olga

Vadim Zakharchenko

Vadim Zakharchenko

Altov

Aleksandr Lazarev

Aleksandr Lazarev

Yevgeni, an actor

Marina Dyuzheva

Marina Dyuzheva

Yuri' young sister

Natalya Martinson

Natalya Martinson

Krasnushkina

Semyon Farada

Semyon Farada

Vladimir Grammatikov

Vladimir Grammatikov

Leonid Kanevsky

Leonid Kanevsky

Elza Lezhdey

Elza Lezhdey

Aleksei Mironov

Aleksei Mironov

Yevgeni Morgunov

Yevgeni Morgunov

Rufina Nifontova

Rufina Nifontova

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Aleksandr Vokach

Aleksandr Vokach

Nikolai Karnaukhov

Nikolai Karnaukhov

Zinaida Sorochinskaya

Zinaida Sorochinskaya

Leonid Gaidai

Leonid Gaidai

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