Tenderness for the Roaring Beast

Tenderness for the Roaring Beast (1982)

Drama

Based on the novel of the same name by A. Bakhvalov. The plot is based on a story-interview about the testing of the new strategic missile carrier Tu-22K and Tu-22M2/M3 (for well-known reasons, in close-ups, instead of them, the film shot the then less secret Tu-134 UBL - a combat training laboratory) and the tragic events associated with them, given to journalist Odintsov by test pilot Borovsky. Testing of a new jet aircraft, the psychology of human life, the problems and joys of life of pilots - all this is closely intertwined in the film. The heroes of the film - friends test pilots Dolotov and Sanin - have walked together all their lives. But it so happened that one of them, Dolotov, was once unfairly suspended from flying, while Sanin failed to protect and support his friend. Friends' paths diverged...

Directors: Vladimir Popkov, Stanislav Tretyakov.
Writer: Aleksandr Bakhvalov

Casts

	Yuri Vizbor as Одинцов
	Igor Ledogorov as Боровский
	Gennadi Shkuratov as Долотов
	Nikolai Denisov as Извольский
	Aleksandr Grave as Соколов
	Sergei Ivanov as Карауш
	Yuri Krytenko as Углин
	Vsevolod Safonov as Разумихин
	Yuriy Sarantsev as Козлевич
	Pauls Butkevics as Санин
	Halyna Kovhanych as Тома
	Antonina Leftiy as Ирина
	Aleksandr Anurov as Владимир Иванович
	Viktor Stepanenko as знакомый Бориса
	Valeri Svishchyov as лётчик-испытатель

Crew