Faster Than Own Shadow (1980)
Petr Korolev is a metallurgical engineer and a runner member of the Soviet Union Olympic team. Thanks to his perseverance and willpower, he earned the right to participate in international competitions in athletics. During his preparation for the Moscow Olympic Games, an unforeseen event during a race caused his rival, a world record holder in long distance running Rolf Schmidt to leave the race. When realizing the accident, Korolev also leaves and helps Schmidt to get up. From that behavior is born his friendship with the rival runner. Korolev's consecration takes place right at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where he gets the gold medal, beating his world-record friend.
Director: Pavel Lyubimov
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Anatoli Mateshko as |
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Aleksandr Fatyushin as |
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Sergey Rubeko as |
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Elena Tsyplakova as |
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Yuriy Dumchev as |
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Aleksandr Abramov as водитель |
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Aleksey Vanin as Рольф Шмидт - спортсмен |
| Sound | Igor Strokanov | Sound |
| Writing | Dal Orlov | Writer |
| Directing | Pavel Lyubimov | Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Lipovoy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Semyon Velednitsky | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksandr Petukhov | Conductor |
| Sound | Aleksandr Zhurbin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Robert Rozhdestvensky | Lyricist |
| Directing | Amurbek Gobashiyev | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Erlen Senyavskiy | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Tamara Belyayeva | Editor |
| Camera | Ivan Proskurin | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Smirnov | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lydia Konyakhina | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Ivanov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Mazokhin | VFX Artist |
| Writing | Sara Rubinstein | Script Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Kachan | Songs |
| Writing | A. Yefimenko | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Yu. Tyurin | Script Consultant |
| Production | Aleksandr Budkevich | Executive Producer |