The Man Who Doesn't Return

The Man Who Doesn't Return (Russian: Невозвращенец, romanized: Nevozvrashchenets) is a 1991 Soviet thriller film directed by Sergey Snezhkin.^[1][2][3] This fictional film's plot features a planned coup against the Soviet government. By coincidence, this made the film very topical because it aired on television on August 20, 1991 during a real coup attempt in the Soviet Union, one that lead to the Soviet Union's demise later that year.^[4]

The Man Who Doesn't Return
Russian: Невозвращенец
Directed by	Sergey Snezhkin
Written by	Aleksandr Kabakov Sergey Snezhkin
Starring	Yury Kuznetsov Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. Yuriy Oskin Viktor Aristov Era Ziganshina
Cinematography	Vladimir Burykin
Music by	Isaak Dunayevsky Aleksandr Knaifel
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1991 (1991)
Running time	123 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

A television reporter finds out about an upcoming coup and begins an investigation.^[5]

Cast

• Yury Kuznetsov as Andrey Korneyev
• Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. as Viktor Andreyevich
• Yuriy Oskin as Kolya
• Viktor Aristov as dissident
• Era Ziganshina as Galina Mikhaylovna Grigoryeva (Melentyeva)
• Joseph Raihelgauz as Andrey Korneyev's friend
• Elena Anisimova
• Leonid Kulagin as writer
• Natalya Dmitriyeva ad Lena
• Igor Efimov^[6] as general