Second Wind (1971)
A seriously ill patient is brought to the clinic of a research institute. Young doctor Falko, a resident at the institute, insists on an urgent operation, but his supervisor Druz believes that in this case therapeutic treatment will be more effective and, moreover, will not be associated with risk. Professor Shostenko nevertheless undertakes to operate on the patient. The successfully completed operation confirms the diagnosis made by Falko. Parallel to the events in the clinic, the action unfolds in the house of the director of the institute Shostenko, where his son Igor returns after a three-year absence. The complicated relationship between Igor and his wife, the love story of Shostenko's daughter and Druz - the canvas of the second plot of the film.
Director: Isaak Shmaruk
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Leonid Gallis as Fyodor Ippolitovich Shostenko |
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Lyudmila Zaytseva as Tatyana |
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Bohdan Stupka as Igor |
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Lev Prygunov as Boris Falko |
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Gennadi Frolov as Sergey Antonovich Druz |
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Irina Shevchuk as Zhenya Zhovnir |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as Vasiliy Maksimovich Cheremashko |
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Nina Ruslanova as Nadezhda |
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Lyudmyla Sosyura as Galina Mikhaylovna Karandina |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Olga Vladimirovna |
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Zinaida Dekhtyaryova as Aunt Valya |
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Yevhen Lysenko as Nesterenko |
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Vladimir Brodskiy as Andrey Loktev |
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Serhii Masloboishchykov as Alyosha |
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Anna Nikolayeva as хирург |
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Raisa Pyrozhenko as Nurse |
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Alla Usenko as Bit part |
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Oleksandr Hai as Bit part |
| Directing | Isaak Shmaruk | Director |
| Writing | Roman Furman | Writer |
| Writing | Arkadiy Krasilshchikov | Writer |
| Camera | Oleksii Prokopenko | Director of Photography |
| Art | Viktor Migulko | Production Design |
| Art | Grigoriy Pavlenko | Production Design |
| Sound | L. Markelov | Original Music Composer |