The First Courier

The First Courier

91 mins | Drama, History | March 1, 1968

The beginning of the XX century. In Munich, the Leninist "Iskra", an illegal newspaper of Russian Social Democrats, began to appear. The Russian conspirator Konkordiya arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets the Bulgarian Ivan Zagubanski and gives him two suitcases with false bottoms, which contain a secret consignment of the latest issue of a newspaper. About the young, courageous revolutionary Ivan Zagubanski, who was one of the first couriers to bring Iskra from abroad. The film showed an ideological, moral clash of people preparing a revolution with the guardians of the royal order.

The First Courier

91 mins | Drama, History | March 1, 1968

The First Courier
The beginning of the XX century. In Munich, the Leninist "Iskra", an illegal newspaper of Russian Social Democrats, began to appear. The Russian conspirator Konkordiya arrives from Munich at the railway station of the Bulgarian port city Varna. She meets the Bulgarian Ivan Zagubanski and gives him two suitcases with false bottoms, which contain a secret consignment of the latest issue of a newspaper. About the young, courageous revolutionary Ivan Zagubanski, who was one of the first couriers to bring Iskra from abroad. The film showed an ideological, moral clash of people preparing a revolution with the guardians of the royal order.
Producers
Original title Первый курьер
Directors Vladimir Yanchev
Writers Konstantin Isaev

Cast

Stefan Danailov

as Ivan Zagubanski

Zhanna Bolotova

as Konkordiya Samoilova

Venelin Pekhlivanov

as Georgy Bakalov

Vladimir Retsepter

as Arseny Dokumyga

Evgeni Leonov

as Kritski

Valentin Gaft

as Nikolay Fon Getsberg

Nikolai Gubenko

as Yasha Baronchik

Rita Gladunko

as Margarita