Probation () is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Gerasimov. Plot The year is 1923. Zaitsev and Yegorov get jobs in criminal investigation. Yegorov must keep an eye on the documents, while Zaitsev is responsible for fighting with the criminals. And suddenly they get a case of a pharmacist's suicide... Cast Oleg Yefremov as senior commissioner Ulyan Grigoryevich Zhur Oleg Tabakov as Sasha Yegorov Tamara Loginova as Katya, Yegorov's sister Vyacheslav Nevinny as Sergei Zaitsev Boris Novikov as orderly Vorobeichik Yevgeni Urbansky as chief of criminal investigation department Kurychyov Mikhail Semenikhin as Afanasy Solovyov, Zhur's friend Pavel Vinnik as Grigory Mitrofanovich Frinyov, apothecary Tatyana Lavrova as Varya Yelena Maksimova as crime victim Valentina Tokarskaya as croupier in casino "Calcutta" Albert Filozov as Komsomol organizer on subbotnik (uncredited) References External links 1960 crime drama films 1960 films 1960s police procedural films 1960s Russian-language films Films about police officers Films set in 1923 Films set in the Soviet Union Mosfilm films Russian crime drama films Soviet crime drama films