Blue Lightnings (1978)
Anatoly Ruchyov is quite a talented guy. One day he decides to enter a prestigious Soviet university — the institute of international relations. But, alas, he overestimates his strength and doesn't achieve his goal. This saddens the young man a little, but he doesn't even think to lower his hands. Anatoly decides to go to military service and reach heights in this area. At first, it is a little lost, but, after the time has elapsed, it is mastered, because there is nowhere to go. Slowly he turns into a real exemplary fighter.
Director: Isaak Shmaruk
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Andrey Gradov as Anatoly Ruchyov |
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Olga Zhulina as Tanya Kravchenko |
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Yuriy Kamorniy as Lieutenant Kopylov |
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Leonid Belozorovich as Kuznetsov |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as Ivan Lutsenko |
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Serhiy Pidhornyi as Zhora Khovorost |
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Viktor Butov as Sosnovsky |
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Anatoli Mateshko as Doynikov |
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Vasily Ocheretyany as Vasya Shchukin |
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Anatolii Fomenko as Vasilenko |
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Vladimir Brodskiy as General |
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Nikolay Voronin as Sosnovsky's Father |
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Vyacheslav Voronin as Iosif Ivanovich |
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Halyna Dovhozvyaha as Combat Medic Natalya |
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Nikolai Dosenko as Anatoly's Father |
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Marianna Strizhenova as Anatoly's Mother |
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Mykola Sektymenko as Yakovina |
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Sergey Svechnikov as Vasnetsov |
| Camera | Oleksii Prokopenko | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Aleksandr Kuleshov | Novel |
| Art | Volodymyr Ahranov | Production Design |
| Writing | Kirill Rapoport | Writer |
| Directing | Isaak Shmaruk | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Kuleshov | Writer |
| Sound | Leonid Afanasyev | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leonid Kukso | Lyricist |
| Writing | Sergey Grebennikov | Lyricist |
| Sound | Galina Kalashnikova | Sound Director |
| Directing | Yuri Zharikov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | V. Berdashkevich | Camera Operator |
| Camera | V. Kondratyev | Aerial Camera |
| Art | A. Lukyanov | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Golovchenko | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Sokolovskaya | Costume Design |
| Editing | Yelena Lukashenko | Editor |
| Writing | Valentina Rydvanova | Script Editor |
| Directing | N. Blagodareva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Kapatsevich | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pavlo Nebera | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | L. Mikitenko | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | T. Chernyshova | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | V. Dubrovskiy | VFX Artist |
| Lighting | V. Chernyshenko | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | A. Bronshtein | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | N. Suprun | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | P. Prikhodko | Pyrotechnic Supervisor |
| Crew | V. Margelov | Military Consultant |
| Crew | I. Kononov | Military Consultant |
| Sound | Martyn Nersesyan | Conductor |
| Production | Leonid Koretskiy | Executive Producer |