Before Dawn (1989)
Wartime, summer 1941. Train carrying criminals gets under enemy fire and crashed. Out of all of the living are only a young lieutenant of the NKVD and two prisoners - the thief and repressed Communist party worker.
Director:
Yaropolk Lapshin
Writer:
Gennadi Bokarev
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Evgeny Mironov as Lieutenant |
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Valeri Ryzhakov as Nikolai |
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Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy as Vaska |
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Oleg Korchikov as |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as Valentin Nevolin |
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Vyacheslav Kirilichev as Old man |
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Raisa Ryazanova as |
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Igor Varpa as |
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Viktor Uralsky as |
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Aleksandr Olkov as |
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Vera Alkhovskaya as Efim's Wife |
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Vasily Rybin as |
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Nikita Tretyakov as |
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Igor Golovin as Interpreter |
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Nikolai Badyev as |
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Aleksandr Kadanyov as |
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Aleksey Shemes as |
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Valery Rybin as |
| Art | Vladislav Rastorguev | Production Design |
| Camera | Anatoly Lesnikov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Eduard Artemyev | Music |
| Directing | Yaropolk Lapshin | Director |
| Writing | Gennadi Bokarev | Screenplay |