Intervention (1968 film)

Intervention (Интервенция) is a 1968 Russian historical musical film directed by Gennadi Poloka. The film was banned in the Soviet Union for nearly 20 years and was released only in 1987.

Cast

 * Vladimir Vysotsky as Michel Voronov / Brodsky
 * Valeri Zolotukhin as Zhenka Xidias, student of Odessa University
 * Olga Aroseva as Banker Xidias, Zhenka's mother, rich widow
 * Gelena Ivlieva as Sanyka alias Fyokla, flower-girl, Bolshevik
 * Yefim Kopelyan as Philipp, main thief of Odessa
 * Rufina Nifontova as Madame Tokarchuk, Mokrushnitsa (criminal jargon — female homicide)
 * Vladimir Tatosov as Imertsaki, card-sharper
 * Marlen Khutsiev as Philippe Henri Joseph d'Anselme
 * Georgy Shtil as Martial, French soldier
 * Boris Leskin as businessman