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Barons of Crime

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Barons of Crime
Russian: Воры в законе
Directed byYuri Kara
Written by
Produced byNikolai Velmiskin
Starring
CinematographyVadim Semyonovykh
Edited byAlla Myakotina
Music byRodion Shchedrin
Production
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Release date
  • 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)
Running time
95 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Barons of Crime (Russian: Воры в законе, romanizedVory v zakone) is a 1988 Soviet crime thriller film directed by Yuri Kara[1][2][3] based on the stories of Fazil Iskander.[4]

Plot

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The film tells about the confrontation between two leaders of criminal gangs from one coastal city.[4]

Cast

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Reception

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Box office

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The film ranks 99th among domestic films in terms of attendance in the entire history of the Soviet film distribution with 39 million viewers.[4]

Critical response

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According to literary critic Natalia Ivanova, "Iskander's complex, ambiguous, genuinely artistic and socially caring thought was turned into a completely unambiguous action movie".[6] In 1988, in the December issue of the Cinema Viewer's Companion [ru], film critic Aleksei Erokhin stressed that director Yuri Kara had shot an up-to-date acute social action film about the Soviet mafia and corruption.[7]

Awards and nominations

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Nomination for the Nika Award in the Best Supporting Role category (Zinovy Gerdt).

References

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