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Intervention

1987 · 102 min · Director: Gennadi Poloka

Intervention (1987) is an adventure film, directed by Gennadi Poloka. It stars Vladimir Vysotsky and Valeriy Zolotukhin. The 102-minute film holds an audience score of 5.5/10.

What Intervention Is About

Odessa, 1919, under foreign occupation. The authorities cannot find the wanted Bolshevik Yevgeny Brodsky because the same man is tutoring the nineteen year old son of a banker's widow under the name Michel Voronov, one of several disguises he moves through. Vladimir Vysotsky plays him and wrote and sang the songs. Gennadi Poloka staged Lev Slavin's play as something closer to a circus, with painted backdrops and heavy makeup, and it was exactly that clowning that put him at odds with the party leadership and with the playwright himself. The film was finished in 1968 and shelved. It did not reach cinemas until 1987, almost twenty years later.

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What is Intervention about?

Odessa, 1919, under foreign occupation. The authorities cannot find the wanted Bolshevik Yevgeny Brodsky because the same man is tutoring the nineteen year old son of a banker's widow under the name Michel Voronov, one of several disguises he moves through.

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How long is Intervention?

Intervention runs for 102 minutes (1h 42m).

When did Intervention come out?

Intervention was released in 1987.

Who directed Intervention?

Intervention was directed by Gennadi Poloka.

Who stars in Intervention?

Intervention stars Vladimir Vysotsky, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Olga Aroseva, Gelena Ivlieva.

What is Intervention's rating?

Intervention holds 6.7/10 on IMDb and 5.5/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 67 out of 100.

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