Until the Thunder Strikes (1991)
Few months before collapse of USSR. Villages and collective farms are facing with problem: young and working age people leaving countryside for better life in cities. Same problem in collapsing collective farm near Moscow - the only mechanic and harvester driver decides to leave his native village because he feels deeply offended for being severely punished for breakdown harvester. But his countrymen disagree with his decision and try to prevent his escape.
Director:
Evgeniy Vasilev
Writer:
Leonard Tolstoy
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Sergei Parshin as Alexey Voronin |
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Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Nadezhda Voronina |
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Mikhail Gluzskiy as Mezhakov |
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Larisa Danilina as Zavyalova |
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Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Zavyalov |
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Evgeny Filatov as Kutuzov |
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Viktor Smirnov as Kuznetsov |
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Viktor Filippov as Michael |
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Nina Ruslanova as Valentina |
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Emmanuil Vitorgan as zaveduyushchiy rayono |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Olimpiada Vasilievna |
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Galina Samokhina as Maria Prokopievna |
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Boris Galkin as butcher |
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Viktor Zozulin as Yuriy |
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Stanislav Mikhin as Kuimych |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as Petya Korzhnev |
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Vladimir Treshchalov as Pepsi |
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Ivan Agafonov as chief |
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Aleksandr Lenkov as Mytar' |
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Gennady Matveev as Milton, limit police officer |
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Nikolay Volkov as Freemason |
| Directing | Evgeniy Vasilev | Director |
| Camera | Rudolf Zuev | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yuri Ulanov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Igor Tsvetkov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Vasiliy Shcherbak | Production Design |
| Writing | Leonard Tolstoy | Screenplay |