Intervention (Russian: Интервенция, romanized: Interventsiya) 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