A Span of Land
A Span of Land

Movie·1964·1h 23m

A Span of Land

Directed By

Andrey Smirnov

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Russian

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Пядь земли

The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...

Written By

Grigori Baklanov

Producer

Vladimir Kantorovich

Cinematography

Yuri Skhirtladze

Editor

Vsevolod Massino

Themes

world war iisoviet unionblack and white

Production House

Mosfilm

Audience Score

60%

2 votes

Skip14%
Timepass32%
Go for it36%
Perfection18%

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Cast

Aleksandr Zbruev

Aleksandr Zbruev

Aleksandr Motovilov

Elliya Sukhanova

Rita Tamashova

Evgeniy Urbanskiy

Evgeniy Urbanskiy

Alexei Babin

Sergei Kurilov

Sergei Kurilov

Bryl

Mikhail Vorontsov

Mikhail Vorontsov

Afanasy Makletsov

Aleksandr Titov

Aleksandr Titov

Shumilin

Viktor Suskin

Viktor Suskin

Sayenko

Anatoli Golik

Anatoli Golik

Mezentsev

Leonid Chubarov

Leonid Chubarov

Sinyukov

Aleksey Zaytsev

Aleksey Zaytsev

Kokhanyuk

Lev Durov

Lev Durov

Sergeant

Yuri Volyntsev

Yuri Volyntsev

Captain Yatsenko

Aleksey Bakhar

Aleksey Bakhar

Generalov

Ivan Kosykh

Ivan Kosykh

Senior Lieutenant

Viktor Sergachyov

Viktor Sergachyov

Senior Lieutenant

Svetlana Zhivankova

Svetlana Zhivankova

Musya

// crew

Crew

Andrey Smirnov

Andrey Smirnov

Director

Boris Yashin

Boris Yashin

Director

Yuri Skhirtladze

Director of Photography

Vsevolod Massino

Vsevolod Massino

Editor

Grigori Baklanov

Grigori Baklanov

Writer

Vladimir Kantorovich

Executive Producer

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