The Green Van
1983, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Pavlovskiy.
It is 1920. After three years of the Russian Civil War, communist government is finally established in Odessa. Young Alyosha Patrikeyv, who dreams of being a detective like Sherlock Holmes, joins the newly forming Odessa Criminal Police. He is assigned to fight illegal booz production in a small village of Severinovka. When he goes on a chase after a horse thief Krasavchik, Alyosha finds himself up against Cherven - the most dangerous criminal in Odessa.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr PavlovskiyDirector
- Dmitriy KharatyanАлёша
- Boryslav BrondukovГрищенко
- Aleksandr DemyanenkoВиктор Прокофьевич
- Aleksandr SolovyovКрасавчик
- Regimantas AdomaitisЧервень
- Konstantin GrigorevНачОперОт
- Viktor IlichyovФедька Бык
- Eduard MartsevichОтец Алёши
- Olga LysenkoСестра Красавчика
- Yuriy DubrovinCast
- Lev PerfilovCast
- Armen DzhigarkhanyanCast
Details
- Released
- 28 December 1983
- Original title
- Зеленый фургон
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Igor Shevtsov
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The Green Van runs 135 minutes (2h 15m).
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The Green Van isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 December 1983. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Green Van?
The Green Van (1983) was directed by Aleksandr Pavlovskiy and stars Dmitriy Kharatyan, Boryslav Brondukov, Aleksandr Demyanenko.