Petrovka Street, Number 38

Petrovka Street, Number 38 (1980) — a Soviet crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director Boris Grigoryev adapted Yulian Semyonov's novella of the same name, with Georgy Yumatov and Vasily Lanovoy heading the cast as Moscow militia investigators.

The case starts with a run of brazen robberies across the city. A teenager, caught between his parents' collapsing marriage, drifts into the gang — and one night fires his father's stolen pistol at a police officer. Shaken, he walks into Petrovka headquarters and confesses, giving detectives the thread they need to catch the crew at its next job. But the ringleader, known as Prokhor, proves harder to pin down. Stream Petrovka Street, Number 38 (1980) on iFILM.