Trial on the Road (1986)
Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He’s a Nazi defector and collaborator but now desires to switch back and fight with Russian partisans.
Director: Aleksei German
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Rolan Bykov as Lokotkov |
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Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Petushkov |
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Vladimir Zamanskiy as Alexander Ivanovich Lazarev |
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Oleg Borisov as Victor Mikhailovich Solomin |
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Maya Bulgakova as крестьянка |
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Fyodor Odinokov as Ерофеич |
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Nikolay Burlyaev as полицай |
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Viktor Pavlov as Полицай |
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Anda Zaice as |
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Igor Klass as |
| Directing | Aleksei German | Director |
| Writing | Eduard Volodarskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Yuri German | Novel |
| Editing | Anna Babushkina | Editor |
| Art | Valeri Yurkevich | Production Design |
| Camera | Yakov Sklyansky | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lev Kolganov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | B. Aleksandrovskiy | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Vadim Gauzner | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tigran Silaev | Sound Director |
| Camera | Valery Mironov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | N. Dobrova | Costume Design |
| Writing | Vsevolod Schwarts | Script Editor |
| Directing | M. Davydova | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | G. Alyokhin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | D. Garashenkov | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mariya Kandat | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Vitaliy Volchanskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | O. Nikolayev | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Krasnova | VFX Director of Photography |
| Crew | D. Dragunskiy | Military Consultant |
| Production | Vladimir Besprozvanny | Executive Producer |
| Production | Feliks Eskin | Executive Producer |