A Trip Without a Load (1963)
Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
Director: Vladimir Vengerov
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Georgiy Yumatov as Nikolai Khromov |
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Aleksandr Demyanenko as Sirotkin |
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Tamara Syomina as Arina |
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Anatoliy Papanov as Akim Sevastyanovich |
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German Kachin as Viktor |
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Svetlana Kharitonova as Tonya |
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Boris Chirkov as granddad at the airfield |
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Nikolai Kryukov as Volkov (uncredited) |
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Irina Gubanova as health resort's doctor (uncredited) |
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Nikolay Kuzmin as driver (uncredited) |
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Sergey Dreyden as rescuer (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Dubrava as rescuer (uncredited) |
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Boris Arakelov as driver (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vladimir Vengerov | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Antonov | Story |
| Art | Viktor Volin | Production Design |
| Sound | Yevgeni Nesterov | Sound |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Sergei Antonov | Writer |
| Editing | Stera Gorakova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vilya Rakhmatulina | Costume Design |
| Sound | Arvīds Jansons | Conductor |
| Camera | Semyon Ivanov | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Iosif Shapiro | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Pavlov | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | A. Sidorov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Pokrovskiy | Visual Effects Camera |
| Writing | Svetlana Ponomarenko | Script Editor |
| Production | Isaak Goldin | Executive Producer |