A Long Path on a Short Day (1972)
Based on the novel by Natan Rybak “Soldiers Without Uniforms”. Director of a research institute engaged in research in the field of nuclear physics, Maxim Nerchin is testing a new research method. And although the method did not justify itself, Nerchin with unreasonable confidence began to build a more powerful installation... He uses almost all the institute's funds to create it and is so sure of success that he loudly announced it at a foreign symposium, thereby causing special attention to his institute on the part of those American circles who are primarily interested in creating weapons that bring death and destruction...
Director: Timofei Levchuk
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Nikolay Olyalin as Maxim Nerchin |
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Tatyana Samoylova as Yekaterina Zolotarenko |
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Viktor Khokhryakov as Shulga |
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Evgeniy Samoylov as Mikhail Petrovich |
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Rodion Aleksandrov as Kutsevich |
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Leonid Tarabarynov as Baglai |
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Igor Dmitriev as Dolgin |
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Tatyana Bestayeva as Zinoviya |
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Arkadiy Arkadyev as Skuibeda |
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Yuri Satarov as Perederiy |
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Arkady Troshchanovsky as Strumilin |
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Yuri Gavrilyuk as Miklashevich |
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Semyon Sokolovsky as Collins |
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Yuri Volkov as Smiles |
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Fyodor Nikitin as Thomas |
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Vladimir Alekseyenko as male nurse |
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Konstiantin Artyomenko as Brook |
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Oleksandr Hai as Harry S. Truman |
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Valentyna Ivashova as lady in Switzerland |
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Nikolai Kryukov as novosibirsk scientist |
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Ivan Dmitriev as Ermolay |
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Dmytro Myrhorodskyi as young scientist |
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Anatoli Pereverzev as young scientist |
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Ivan Symonenko as Rudyy |
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Stanislav Stankevych as Somov |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as reporter |
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Nikolai Faleyev as chairman of the Commission of the security Committee |
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Viktor Chekmaryov as accountant |
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Mariya Shulga as Nerchin's mother |
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Marina Yurasova as Nina Orlova |
| Sound | Heorhiy Mayboroda | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Natan Rybak | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yekaterina Gakkebush | Costume Design |
| Writing | Natan Rybak | Writer |
| Directing | Timofei Levchuk | Director |
| Art | Volodymyr Ahranov | Production Design |
| Camera | Eduard Pluchik | Director of Photography |