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The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.
After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was actually murdered. Before long the reporter finds herself in a web of corruption, mental illness and murder.
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Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike by some powerful western business leaders against the USSR.
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French version of 'Princess Tarakanova'. Tasked with deceiving a young princess claiming the throne, Count Orloff, a favorite of Catherine the Great, is chosen to seduce the Tsarina…
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Suspicion surrounds a lieutenant for killing his father; based on Dostoevsky's novel.