The Vyborg Side

The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank. With great efforts, he learns the complexies of the banking trade and begins to fight off sabotaging underlings. Dymba, now a violent enemy of the Republic, tries to rob a wine store but is arrested with Maksim's help. Maksim also exposes a conspiracy of a group of tsarist officers who prepare an attempt against Lenin. He then joins the Red Army in its fight against the German occupation.

Cast

Boris Chirkov

as Maksim

Valentina Kibardina

as Natasha Artemieva

Mikhail Zharov

as Platon Vassilievich Dymba

Natalya Uzhviy

as Yevdokia Ivanovna Kozlova

Yuriy Tolubeev

as Yegor Bugai

Aleksandr Chistyakov

as Mishchenko

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

as Turnyev

Dmitri Dudnikov

as Leader of the Counter-revolutionaries

Boris Zhukovsky

as Defense Attorney

Leonid Lyubashevsky

as Iakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov

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