Fast train N34 went exactly on schedule. The passengers were quietly getting ready for bed when the empty compartment from the outstanding cigarette lit up the curtain. Soon the wagon caught fire. Disaster is imminent. Railwaymen and passengers are working together to prevent misfortune and save hundreds of people…
Practical Effects
Real train fire stunts, zero CGI
Acting
Durov's exhausted everyman carries the chaos
Production
Claustrophobic compartments, real Soviet rail cars
Director
Andrey Malyukov
Lev Durov
Mikhail
Elena Mayorova
Serafima Steshkova
Algimantas Masiulis
Boris
Aleksandr Fatyushin
Aleksandr Mukhanov
Peteris Gaudins
Pyotr
Marina Shimanskaya
Raya
Irina Pechernikova
Lyolya
Valeri Ryzhakov
Passazhir 'zayats'
Oleg Golubitsky
Semyon Ignatyevich
Vyacheslav Yezepov
Passazhir
Leonid Belozorovich
Pyotr (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed on actual Soviet railway lines with cooperation from the Ministry of Railways, who reportedly hated the negative portrayal of their safety protocols.
Released during Brezhnev's final years, the film's emphasis on spontaneous worker solidarity rather than Party leadership was quietly controversial. Malyukov never directed another feature.
SU
