Dangerous Friends

Dangerous Friends (Russian: Опасные друзья) is a 1979 feature film directed by Vladimir Shamshurin about the life of prisoners.

Plot
The film tells about the life and customs of prisoners in prison. The storyline of the film is about the fate of Yuri Gromov (Lev Prygunov), who is serving his sentence in the colony at the age of thirty and falls under the influence of "authorities".

Cast

 * Lev Prygunov - Yuri Gromov ("Student")
 * Gurgen Tonunts - Pavel Grigoryevich Mokhov (“Lord”)
 * Afanasy Trishkin - Sinitsyn (“Professor”)
 * Vladimir Novikov - Alexander Ivanov (Magadan)
 * Alexander Yanvarev - Dmitry Burov (“Iron”)
 * Vladimir Nosik - Konstantin Timofeevich Kukushkin ("Jack")
 * Vladimir Prokofiev - Ilyin ("Frant")
 * Vladimir Sklyarov - Arkady Fedorov ("Stos")
 * Alexey Vanin - Sukhov, activist leader
 * Peter Velyaminov - Nikolai Kalinin, Major, Deputy Head of the Colony
 * Victor Shulgin - Sergey Nikolaevich Sokolov, captain
 * Vladimir Ferapontov - Peter Ivanovich, Colonel, head of the colony
 * Tamara Syomina - nurse Anna Ivanovna, wife Kalinina
 * Lyudmila Gavrilova - Nina Vasilievna, teacher
 * Natalia Gvozdikova - girl Gromova
 * Lyubov Sokolova - mother of Gromov
 * Vladimir One-Zo-Lee - Taiga
 * Ruslan Mikaberidze - “Satan”, Gromov’s accomplice