Machinist Drove the Trains (1961)
Olga, who was taken to the West by Hitler's invaders, works as a switchman at a railway station. Echelons with prisoners of war - convicts - pass by her every day. Olga gets acquainted with the machinist Fyodor and with his help organizes the escape of her camp mates. But the plan fails, and the escapees are shot. Fyodor, who miraculously survived, gets to the homeland. And after the war, chance again brings him together with Olga, when the hero with severe burns after an accident falls into the hospital...
Director: Viktor Zhilin
Genre: War, Drama
Release Date: January 1, 1961
Cast
- Leonid Kuravlyov - Yasha
- Zinaida Sorochinskaya - Katya
- Georgi Zhzhyonov - Ivan Sereda
- Grigoriy Gay - Fyodor Ivanovich
- Lyudmila Lyulko - Rucheva Olga Nikolaevna
- Anna Dubrovina - Sanya
- Svetlana Konovalova - Galya
- Vladimir Yemelyanov - Gestapo investigator
- Yuri Gorobets - Police captain
Screenplay
- Ivan Bondin (Screenplay)
- Grigori Pozhenyan (Lyricist)
- V. Kulik (Script Editor)
- A. Charnetskiy (Script Consultant)
- A. Saadzhan (Script Consultant)
Music: Andrey Eshpay
Cinematography: Yuri Romanovsky
Editing: Nadezhda Yavorskaya
Production: Odessa Film Studio
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Pусский
Original Language: ru
More Films by Director: Viktor Zhilin
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Machinist Drove the Trains about?
- Olga, who was taken to the West by Hitler's invaders, works as a switchman at a railway station. Echelons with prisoners of war - convicts - pass by her every day. Olga gets acquainted with the machinist Fyodor and with his help organizes the escape of her camp mates. But the plan fails, and the escapees are shot. Fyodor, who miraculously survived, gets to the homeland. And after the war, chance again brings him together with Olga, when the hero with severe burns after an accident falls into the hospital...
- Who directed Machinist Drove the Trains?
- Machinist Drove the Trains was directed by Viktor Zhilin.
- Who stars in Machinist Drove the Trains?
- Machinist Drove the Trains stars Leonid Kuravlyov, Zinaida Sorochinskaya, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Grigoriy Gay, Lyudmila Lyulko, Anna Dubrovina.
- What genre is Machinist Drove the Trains?
- Machinist Drove the Trains is a War, Drama film.
- Where was Machinist Drove the Trains produced?
- Machinist Drove the Trains was produced in Soviet Union.