''Wrong Connection'' () is a 1977 Soviet industrial drama film directed by

Viktor Tregubovich The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

. The film tells about the problems of construction: premature commissioning, mismanagement, poor control, theft and deception.

Plot

The film is set in Novogurinsk, where a large petrochemical complex is under construction. Newly appointed city party committee secretary Leonid Sakulin arrives to take charge. He is soon approached by Vyaznikova, the former head of the plant's planning and economic department, who has been demoted to senior economist. Vyaznikova persistently tries to inform him about the dire situation at the construction site. After reviewing the financial and logistical calculations she provides, Sakulin realizes that the premature commissioning of one section of the plant will severely delay the completion of the entire complex, leading to significant losses for the state. Determined to prevent this, Sakulin opposes the early launch, despite encountering resistance from both the construction management and city officials. Sakulin escalates the matter to higher authorities, ensuring that the problems at the construction site gain attention at the national level. However, despite support from the regional party committee and the Central Committee, the decision ultimately goes against him. The national leadership determines that delaying the launch of the first section would disrupt industrial plans across the country, causing even greater losses. As a result, the original plan is upheld, though additional resources are allocated from other projects to mitigate the gap between the commissioning of the first section and the full completion of the complex. Sakulin’s efforts highlight the challenges of confronting the inertia of the state machinery, as his battle to prioritize long-term outcomes over short-term gains proves futile.

Production

The film was shot on location at the

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Oil Refinery, with participation from its workers. Simultaneously, an East German adaptation of the story was released, directed by Lothar Bellag and titled "Rückkopplung."

Cast

Oleg Yankovsky Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with , the last person to be nam ...

as Leonid Aleksandrovich Sakulin * Mikhail Ulyanov as Ignat Maksimovich Nurkov *

Kirill Lavrov Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet in Russian stage, a film actor and a director. He was honoured with the following titles; People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985), Order of Le ...

as Vladimir Borisovich Okunev *

Lyudmila Gurchenko Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (12 November 193530 March 2011, ) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. She was given the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR in 1983. Biography Lyudmila Gurchenko was born in Kharkiv, USSR ...

as Margarita Illarionovna Vyaznikova *

Igor Vladimirov Igor Petrovich Vladimirov (; 1 January 1919, Dnipro, Yekaterinoslav – 20 March 1999, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet film and theater actor, theater and film director, and teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1978). From 1960 until his death in ...

as Rolan Matveyevich Lonshakov * Mikhail Pogorzhelsky as Pavel Nikolayevich Koznakov *

Vsevolod Kuznetsov Vsevolod or Wsewolod ( ; ) is a Slavic male first name. Its etymology is from Slavic roots 'vse' (all) and 'volodeti' (to rule) and means 'lord-of-everything/everybody', (similar to another princely name, "Vladimir" or "Volodymyr"). It is equiva ...

as Timonin *

Igor Dmitriev Igor Borisovich Dmitriev () (29 May 1927 – 26 January 2008) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor who specialized in playing aristocratic characters in costume productions (e.g., Rosencrantz in Grigori Kozintsev's ''Hamlet''). Igor ...

as Gleb Valerianovich Artyushkin * Dmitri Krivtsov as Viktor Grigorevich Ablov * Yelena Stavrogina as Vera VasilyevaОбратная связь (1978) Full Cast & Crew
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References

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* 1977 films 1970s Soviet films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet drama films Russian-language drama films 1977 drama films Lenfilm films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub