Boris DUROV
Борис ДУРОВ
Boris DOUROV
Stanislav GOVORUKHIN
Станислав ГОВОРУХИН
Stanislav GOVOROUKHINE
USSR, 1966, 73mn 
Black and white, fiction
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Вертикаль

 

 La Verticale

 Vertical

 
Directed by : Boris DUROV (Борис ДУРОВ), Stanislav GOVORUKHIN (Станислав ГОВОРУХИН)
Writing credits : Nikolay RASHEYEV (Николай РАШЕЕВ), Sergey TARASOV (Сергей ТАРАСОВ)
 
Cast
Vladimir VYSOTSKY (Владимир ВЫСОЦКИЙ) ...telegraphist
Margarita KOSHELEVA (Маргарита КОШЕЛЕВА) ...Rita
Gennadi VOROPAYEV (Геннадий ВОРОПАЕВ) ...Gennadi
Aleksandr FADEEV (Александр ФАДЕЕВ) ...Aleksandr
Ramses DJABRAILOV (Рамзес ДЖАБРАИЛОВ)
Larisa LUZHINA (Лариса ЛУЖИНА)
Bukhuti ZAKARIADZE (Бухути ЗАКАРИАДЗЕ)
Svetlana ZHIVANKOVA (Светлана ЖИВАНКОВА)
 
Cinematography : Albert OSIPOV (Альберт ОСИПОВ)
Production design : Mikhail ZAYATS (Михаил ЗАЯЦ)
Music : Sofia GBAIDULINA (Софья ГУБАЙДУЛИНА)
Production : Odessa Film Studios
Spectators : 32,8 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 13/06/1967
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
This film is filled by an unforgettable voice of a famous russian singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. It is a story of mountain climbers, four brave men, who have gone to conquer the top of Caucasus. It is a story of survival in a rough icy conditions, a story of true friendship that helps to withstand all obstacles. The hardest ascention was completed, but the bad weather has overtaken daredevils only on descent... The film, as well as Vysotsky's songs, has outlived its time and space...
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Douze films soviétiques sur le sport que vous pouvez regarder en ligne, Anna POPOVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
10 лучших советских фильмов о спорте и спортсменах, film.ru, 2018
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Sport films, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2019
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2017
- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2017
- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2013
- Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 2011

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