A Train to a Distant August (1971)
A participant in the war with the fascist regime, a Soviet soldier Chigorin, who bravely fought in Odessa, decides to return to the black sea city and walk through the memorable places where a lot of blood of brave defenders was shed for every inch of land. On the train, a random companion of the man becomes Katya, a charming young girl who asks Chigorin to tell about those events. Going headfirst into the memories, the former soldier begins his story, in which there is a place for selflessness, friendship, mutual assistance, love and heroism…
- Released
- 1971-12-06
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Grigori Pozhenyan, Vadim Lysenko
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Yelena Kozelkova as Eva / Katya / Yekaterina Stanislavovna
- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Chigorin
- Kostiantyn Stepankov as common soldier Rudko
- Grigoriy Gay as counter admiral Zhukov
- Nikolai Skorobogatov as lieutenant general Sofronov
- Viktor Strizhyov as regional Committee Secretary Kolybanov
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as divisional commissioner Azarov
- Vyacheslav Kutakov as divisional commissioner Voronin
- Yuri Vetrov as general Shishenin
- Gennadiy Korotkov as general Petrov
- Vladlen Paulus as colonel Osipov
- Evgeni Burenkov as colonel Tomilov