A Span of Land (1964)
The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...
Directors: Andrey Smirnov, Boris Yashin.
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Aleksandr Zbruev as Aleksandr Motovilov |
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Elliya Sukhanova as Rita Tamashova |
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Evgeniy Urbanskiy as Alexei Babin |
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Sergei Kurilov as Bryl |
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Mikhail Vorontsov as Afanasy Makletsov |
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Aleksandr Titov as Shumilin |
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Viktor Suskin as Sayenko |
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Anatoli Golik as Mezentsev |
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Leonid Chubarov as Sinyukov |
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Aleksey Zaytsev as Kokhanyuk |
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Lev Durov as Sergeant |
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Yuri Volyntsev as Captain Yatsenko |
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Aleksey Bakhar as Generalov |
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Ivan Kosykh as Senior Lieutenant |
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Viktor Sergachyov as Senior Lieutenant |
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Svetlana Zhivankova as Musya |
| Sound | Yuriy Rabinovich | Sound |
| Directing | Andrey Smirnov | Director |
| Directing | Boris Yashin | Director |
| Camera | Yuri Skhirtladze | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Chebotaryov | Production Design |
| Editing | Vsevolod Massino | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentin Perelyotov | Costume Design |
| Writing | Grigori Baklanov | Writer |