Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI plane crash carnage that still holds up terrifyingly well.
Acting
Zhzhyonov's weathered face carries forty years of Soviet cinema gravitas.
Director
Aleksandr Mitta
Georgi Zhzhyonov
Timchenko
Anatoli Vasilyev
Nenarokov
Leonid Filatov
Skvortsov
Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae
Tamara
Irina Akulova
Alya
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Anyuta
Yuri Gorobets
Misha
Aleksandr Pavlov
pilot
Galina Gladkova
Natasha
Komaki Kurihara
Kumiko Morimitsu
Vadim Aleksandrov
praying passenger
Larisa Barabanova
chatting passenger
Ivan Voronov
Sergey Nikolaevich
Lyudmila Velikaya
episode
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot partially in Afghanistan shortly before the Soviet invasion; some crew found the mountains eerily familiar later.
Released during the 'stagnation' period, this was state-approved escapism that accidentally transcended its propaganda function.
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