Braking in the Heavens (1990)
The first secretary of the regional committee, Makhonin, sums up after the meeting of the party's general secretary with the regional economic and party activists. At the same time, he reports to those who allowed themselves critical speeches at this meeting. Central television accidentally records this “debriefing”, finding the material interesting send the film to Moscow by plane. Makhonin finds out about this and, frightened of the consequences, decides to return the plane and destroy the film at all costs...
Director: Viktor Buturlin
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Viktor Smirnov as Makhonin |
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Nina Ruslanova as Laletina |
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as Kurkin |
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Viktor Tsepayev as Gneushev |
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Lev Borisov as Yezepov |
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Igor Nikitin as Paramonov |
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Yurii Mazhuha as Bareyev |
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Boris Shcherbakov as Popov |
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Aleksandr Fatyushin as Zhelezov |
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Yevgeni Porotov as Borodov |
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Nikolai Kovalsky as critical speaker |
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Larisa Leonova as Makhonin's secretary |
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Tatyana Grigoryeva as member of a television group |
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Yelena Tuisova as stewardess |
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Margarita Sereda as stewardess |
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Gennadi Lozhkin as flight engineer |
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Irina Zamotina as Makhonin's wife |
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Yakov Stepanov as air traffic controller |
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Vladimir Matveev as air traffic controller |
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Vitaliy Illich as |
| Editing | Raisa Lisova | Editor |
| Writing | Viktor Buturlin | Writer |
| Art | Vladimir Bannykh | Production Design |
| Directing | Viktor Buturlin | Director |
| Sound | Leonid Izakov | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Izvekova | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Roman Solntsev | Writer |
| Camera | Vladimir Vasilyev | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Viktor Kisin | Music |