Overview
It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.
Cast
- Dmitriy Kharatyan as Алёша
- Boryslav Brondukov as Грищенко
- Aleksandr Demyanenko as Виктор Прокофьевич
- Aleksandr Solovyov as Красавчик
- Regimantas Adomaitis as Червень
- Konstantin Grigorev as НачОперОт
- Viktor Ilichyov as Федька Бык
- Eduard Martsevich as Отец Алёши
- Olga Lysenko as Сестра Красавчика
- Yuriy Dubrovin