A Train to a Distant August (1971)
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…
Director:
Vadim Lysenko
Writer:
Grigori Pozhenyan
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Yelena Kozelkova as Eva / Katya / Yekaterina Stanislavovna |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Chigorin |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as common soldier Rudko |
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Grigoriy Gay as counter admiral Zhukov |
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Nikolai Skorobogatov as lieutenant general Sofronov |
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Viktor Strizhyov as regional Committee Secretary Kolybanov |
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Pyotr Shcherbakov as divisional commissioner Azarov |
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Vyacheslav Kutakov as divisional commissioner Voronin |
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Yuri Vetrov as general Shishenin |
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Gennadiy Korotkov as general Petrov |
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Vladlen Paulus as colonel Osipov |
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Evgeni Burenkov as colonel Tomilov |
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Nikolay Dupak as battery commander Zinovyev |
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Igor Starkov as 1st rank captain Corshkov |
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Aleksei Dikikh as colonel Krylov |
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Valentin Golubenko as marine paratrooper |
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Valentin Kulik as Valya the adjutant |
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Lyudmila Nilova as Anna Makusheva |
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Viktor Pavlov as Rate's representative |
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Оleksandr Tartyshnikov as Gurevich |
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Vladimir Naumtsev as Bondarenko |
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Viktor Stepanenko as Captain Komar |
| Writing | Grigori Pozhenyan | Lyricist |
| Writing | Grigori Pozhenyan | Screenplay |
| Directing | Vadim Lysenko | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nelli Melnichuk | Costume Design |
| Camera | Leonid Burlaka | Director of Photography |
| Art | Nikolay Reznik | Production Design |
| Editing | Tatyana Rymaryova | Editor |
| Sound | Yevgeni Stikhin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Yuri Blazhenin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Viktoriya Kurnosenko | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Vladimir Shinkevich | Production Design |
| Art | Pavel Kholshchevnikov | Production Design |
| Sound | Abram Blogerman | Sound Director |
| Directing | A. Matveev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Snezhko | Camera Operator |
| Editing | M. Radko | Editor |
| Writing | Svetlana Staselkova | Script Editor |
| Visual Effects | D. Kostikov | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Lighting | B. Ikonnikov | Lighting Artist |
| Directing | A. Piskunov | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Yaschikovskiy | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Boris Krivokhizh | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | T. Rakhmatulina | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | V. Kozelov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Vladimir Shchukin | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Boris Macheret | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Ivan Pulenko | VFX Artist |
| Crew | L. Kazakov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | I. Azarov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | Boris Yamkovoy | Military Consultant |
| Sound | Konstantin Krimets | Conductor |
| Production | Viktor Brashevan | Executive Producer |