Centaurs
Directed by	Vytautas Žalakevičius
Written by	Vytautas Žalakevičius
Starring	Donatas Banionis Regimantas Adomaitis Margit Lukach Yevgeni Lebedev
Cinematography	Pavel Lebeshev
Music by	Roland Kazarian
Production companies	Mosfilm Mafilm Barrandov Studios
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	140 minutes
Countries	Soviet Union Hungary Czechoslovakia Colombia
Language	Russian

Centaurs (Russian: Кентавры, romanized: Kentavri) is a 1978 political drama film directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius. The film was the final part of the "Latin American trilogy" (The Whole Truth about Columbus, That Sweet Word: Liberty!).^[1][2]

The action takes place in an unnamed state in a Latin American county (implied to be Chile). In the military circles a conspiracy is forming, fired up by foreign special services. The action, codenamed "Centaur", is conceived in Washington. The people believe in the president, but the conspirators, headed by General Pin, are gaining strength to organize a coup.

• Donatas Banionis – President (voiced by Igor Kvasha)
• Regimantas Adomaitis – Orlando, director of the Bureau of Investigations (voiced by Vyacheslav Shalevich)
• Margit Lukács– president's wife
• Yevgeni Lebedev – General Pin
• Gyula Benkő– General Catalan
• Elena Ivochkina – Anna Maria
• Irén Sütő– mother of Anna Maria
• Gennadi Bortnikov – Anibal
• Itka Zelenogorskaya – Julie
• Valentin Gaft – Andres, conspirator
• Ion Ungureanu – Minister of Toroa
• Mihai Volontir – Evaristo
• Bruno O'Ya – Nilsson, Swedish Journalist
• Valery Anisimov – Captain Grets
• Kakhi Kavsadze – Ugo, the barman
• Valery Kuzin – General
• Nodar Mgaloblishvili – Minister Miguel
• Juozas Budraitis – Raymond
• Dumitru Fusu

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