
To Kill the Scorpion
Action · Drama · War
Overview
On a certain remote island within the country, there is a prison zone where inmates are forced to mine ore. In one of the island’s caves, dinosaur bones are discovered. A sophisticated lady from the capital is invited to study the find, and a brave local guard, Sergeant A. Peskov, is assigned to escort her. Meanwhile, a ruthless crime boss known by the fearsome nickname "Scorpion," along with a group of hardened convicts, is secretly plotting an escape from the zone...
Top Cast


Aleksandr Peskov
Aleksandr Peskov
Сержант
Aleksandr Peskov
Сержант
Elena Malikova
Elena Malikova
Научный сотрудник
Elena Malikova
Научный сотрудник


Vladimir Niskov
Vladimir Niskov
Зэк, Скорпион
Vladimir Niskov
Зэк, Скорпион


Anatoliy Obukhov
Anatoliy Obukhov
Зэк
Anatoliy Obukhov
Зэк
Oleg Babitsky
Oleg Babitsky
Зэк
Oleg Babitsky
Зэк
Vadim Uryupin
Vadim Uryupin
Гробокопатель
Vadim Uryupin
Гробокопатель
Stanislav Korolyov
Stanislav Korolyov
Зэк
Stanislav Korolyov
Зэк


Pavel Poymalov
Pavel Poymalov
Pavel Poymalov
Stanislav Gagarin
Stanislav Gagarin
Stanislav Gagarin
Sergey Golovetsky
Sergey Golovetsky
Sergey Golovetsky
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