Russia / Dec 06, 1971
A Train to a Distant August (1971)
Directed by Vadim Lysenko
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1h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A participant in the war with the fascist regime, a Soviet soldier Chigorin, who bravely fought in Odessa, decides to return to the black sea city and walk through the memorable places where a lot of blood of brave defenders was shed for every inch of land. On the train, a random companion of the man becomes Katya, a charming young girl who asks Chigorin to tell about those events. Going headfirst into the memories, the former soldier begins his story, in which there is a place for selflessness, friendship, mutual assistance, love and heroism…
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vyacheslav Kutakov | divisional commissioner Voronin |
| Yuri Vetrov | general Shishenin |
| Gennadiy Korotkov | general Petrov |
| Vladlen Paulus | colonel Osipov |
| Evgeni Burenkov | colonel Tomilov |
| Nikolay Dupak | battery commander Zinovyev |
| Igor Starkov | 1st rank captain Corshkov |
| Aleksei Dikikh | colonel Krylov |
| Valentin Golubenko | marine paratrooper |
| Valentin Kulik | Valya the adjutant |
| Lyudmila Nilova | Anna Makusheva |
| Viktor Pavlov | Rate's representative |
| Оleksandr Tartyshnikov | Gurevich |
| Vladimir Naumtsev | Bondarenko |
| Viktor Stepanenko | Captain Komar |
Genres
WarDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Поезд в далёкий август |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Odessa Film Studio |
| Release date | 6 dicembre 1971 |
| Executive producer | Viktor Brashevan |
| Writer | Grigori Pozhenyan, Svetlana Staselkova |
| Editing | Tatyana Rymaryova, M. Radko |
| Cinematography | Leonid Burlaka, Vladimir Snezhko, V. Kozelov, Vladimir Shchukin |
| Assistant directors | A. Matveev, A. Piskunov, V. Yaschikovskiy, Boris Krivokhizh, T. Rakhmatulina, Vadim Lysenko |
| Lighting | B. Ikonnikov |
| Camera operators | Vladimir Snezhko, Leonid Burlaka, V. Kozelov, Vladimir Shchukin |
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| Additional photography | Leonid Burlaka, Vladimir Snezhko, V. Kozelov, Vladimir Shchukin |
| Production design | Vladimir Shinkevich, Yuri Blazhenin, Pavel Kholshchevnikov, Nikolay Reznik |
| Art direction | Vladimir Shinkevich, Yuri Blazhenin, Pavel Kholshchevnikov, Nikolay Reznik |
| Set decoration | Vladimir Shinkevich, Yuri Blazhenin, Pavel Kholshchevnikov, Nikolay Reznik |
| Visual effects | D. Kostikov, Boris Macheret, Ivan Pulenko |
| Music | Yevgeni Stikhin, Abram Blogerman, Konstantin Krimets |
| Sound | Yevgeni Stikhin, Abram Blogerman, Konstantin Krimets |
| Costume design | Nelli Melnichuk, Viktoriya Kurnosenko |
| Makeup | Viktoriya Kurnosenko, Nelli Melnichuk |
| Hairstyling | Viktoriya Kurnosenko, Nelli Melnichuk |
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