Confrontation (1985): Cast & Plot
Confrontation is a 1985 crime mystery film directed by Semyon Aranovich, starring Yuriy Kuznetsov as Алексей Иванович Жуков, Oleg Basilashvili and Andrei Boltnev.
- Director
- Semyon Aranovich
- Original language
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Russian - Studio
- Lenfilm
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Confrontation About?
The premise of Confrontation without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Operatives are looking for a killer who has appropriated someone else’s identity. The story of a real case based on the story of Yulian Semyonov.
Confrontation Themes & Keywords
· 4 tags- reference to the great patriotic war
- tv mini series
- detective
- based on novel
Confrontation Cast & Characters
Yuriy Kuznetsov leads the cast as Алексей Иванович Жуков, with Oleg Basilashvili as Владислав Николаевич Костенко and Andrei Boltnev as Николай Иванович Кротов. Directed by Semyon Aranovich; 4 actors are credited in all.
- Director Semyon Aranovich
- Yuriy Kuznetsov as Алексей Иванович Жуков
- Oleg Basilashvili as Владислав Николаевич Костенко
- Andrei Boltnev as Николай Иванович Кротов
- Murman Jinoria as Реваз Кардава
More from Semyon Aranovich
More films directed by Semyon Aranovich: The Year of the Dog, The Anna Akhmatova File, I Was Stalin’s Bodyguard and Torpedo Bombers.
Confrontation Plot Summary
What happens in Confrontation from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Two interwoven narratives unfold across decades: one set in the late 1970s in the USSR, the other during the Great Patriotic War across Poland and Nazi Germany.
In the present-day thread, a dismembered body is found near the road to the airport of Nardyn. Police colonel Vladislav Nikolaevich Kostenko travels from Moscow to lead the investigation into this brutal and unusual crime. At first, a taxi driver named Grigoriy Milinko seems tied to the case, but the trail soon pushes the investigators backward in time as deeper connections emerge.
Full summary
The whole story of Confrontation, scene by scene
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Confrontation FAQ: Cast, Director & Post-Credit Scene
Director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Confrontation, each answered in a sentence.
Who directed Confrontation?
Confrontation was directed by Semyon Aranovich.
More films by Semyon Aranovich Who is in the cast of Confrontation?
Confrontation stars Yuriy Kuznetsov as Алексей Иванович Жуков, Oleg Basilashvili as Владислав Николаевич Костенко and Andrei Boltnev as Николай Иванович Кротов, among 4 credited actors.
Does Confrontation have a post-credit scene?
No. Confrontation has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Confrontation in?
The original language of Confrontation is Russian.
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