Synopsis
The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978) is a Soviet crime mystery from director Alexander Fayntsimmer, ready to watch online on iFILM. The setting is Moscow during the NEP years, where a bold gang has the Zamoskvorechye district living in fear.
Robbery follows robbery, and the method points to one man — a hardened repeat offender nicknamed Sery, freshly out of prison. The crew's one haunt is the tavern on Pyatnitskaya Street, where they drink and split the loot. Catching them red-handed proves impossible, so the police are left with a single option: plant an undercover man inside. The cast is a who's-who of Soviet screen faces — Gennady Korolkov, Tamara Syomina, Lev Prygunov, Nikolai Yeryomenko and Konstantin Grigoryev.
Adapted from Nikolai Leonov's novella, it's a sturdy procedural about 1920s criminal investigators, full of chases, safe houses and an underworld drawn without any glamor. One of those Soviet detective films that run on the thrill of the hunt and the texture of old Moscow rather than on blood. Watch The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya (1978) online on iFILM.
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