Dangerous Tour (film)

Dangerous Tour (Russian: Опасные гастроли, romanized: Opasnye gastroli) is a 1969 Soviet historical musical film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich.^[1] The film is set in Odessa in the year 1910. A local cabaret theatre is operating as a front organization for the Bolsheviks.

Dangerous Tour
Directed by	Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Written by	Mikhail Melkumov
Produced by	Sergey Tsyvilko
Starring	Vladimir Vysotsky Yefim Kopelyan Nikolai Grinko Ivan Pereverzev Georgi Yumatov
Cinematography	Fedor Silchenko
Music by	Oleksandr Bilash
Production company	Odessa Film Studio
Release date	1969 (1969)[1]
Running time	87 min
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The setting of the film is Odessa in the year 1910. A certain Frenchman, Viscount de Cordelia, with the permission of the governor and the "fathers" of the town organizes a cabaret theater. The entertainers who perform there include the singer Bengalsky, a charming dancer, a gypsy duet and of course also a corps de ballet.

However it turns out that this lively place was created by the Bolsheviks. It is a front for the work of a whole group of underground revolutionaries who are under the nose of the enemy with the theater serving as a cover.^[1]

Cast

• Vladimir Vysotsky as George Bengalsky (Nikolay Kovalenko)
• Yefim Kopelyan as Ivan Tarielovich Bobruisky-Dumbadze, police chief^[2]
• Nikolai Grinko as Andrey Maksimovic (Viscount de Cordelia)
• Ivan Pereverzev as Kazimierz Kazimirovich Kulbras, Governor General
• Georgi Yumatov as Maksim
• Kira Muratova as Nina
• Borislav Brondukov as watchman
• S. Krupnin as Ali Baba
• Viktor Pavlovsky
• Vladimir Gulyaev
• Valentin Kulik

Production

Although the film was shot in Odessa and the suburbs, some background shots were shot in Leningrad.^[3]