''Far from Moscow'' (Russian: ''Далеко от Москвы'') is a 1950 Soviet

war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Aleksandr Stolper Aleksandr Borisovich Stolper (; 12 August 1907, in Dvinsk (now Daugavpils) – 12 January 1979, in Moscow) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1940 and 1977. Aleksandr Stolper was awarded the Stalin Prize in ...

and starring

Nikolay Okhlopkov Nikolay Pavlovich Okhlopkov (; 15 May 1900, Irkutsk – 8 January 1967, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and theatre director who patterned his work after Meyerhold. Patrick Miles, translator. He was named a People's Artist o ...

, Lev Sverdlin and

Pavel Kadochnikov Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov (; – 2 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1979 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1985. Biography Pavel Kadochnikov was ...

. It is based on Vasily Azhayev's 1948 novel of the same title. A major production by

Mosfilm Mosfilm (, ''Mosfil’m'' , initialism and portmanteau of Moscow Films) is a film studio in Moscow which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's fi ...

, it was awarded the Stalin Prize.Hopf p.34

Plot

A team of builders is constructing an oil pipeline in the Russian Far East during World War II. Some workers, including the young engineer Kovshov and the site manager Rogov, believe they should be fighting on the front lines instead of working thousands of kilometers away from the warzone. Conversations with the project leader Batmanov and party organizer Zalkind lead them to reconsider, helping them recognize the critical importance of their work. Witnessing the immense enthusiasm of Soviet workers, they come to understand that their construction site is also a front line in the war effort. Overcoming challenges, including resistance from specialists overly reliant on foreign expertise, and enduring the harsh conditions of the taiga winter, the team implements innovative solutions to complete the pipeline in record time. The oil from the Far East ultimately supports the needs of the front.

Cast

as Batmanov * Lev Sverdlin as Zalkind *

as Kovshov * Valerian Kvachadze as Beridze * Aleksandr Khanov as Topolev * Grigori Kirillov as Grubskiy * Tatyana Makhova as Tanya * Ivetta Kiselyova as Zhenya * Vladimir Vladislavskiy as Liberman *

Sergei Stolyarov Sergei Dmitrievich Stolyarov (; – 9 December 1969) was a Russian and Soviet film and theater actor. The winner of the Stalin State Prize, Stalin Prize of the first degree (1951) and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969), he was a member of the ...

as Pogov *

Mark Bernes Mark Naumovich Bernes () (born Menakhem-Man Neukh-Shmuylov Neyman, ; ,This date: – is a mistake found in the ''Great Soviet Encyclopaedia''. True date: – was engraved on the Bernes's gravestone at Novodevichy Cemetery (Moscow), and also ...

as Umara-Magomet * Leonid Kmit as Makhov * Stepan Krylov as Solntsev *

Roza Makagonova Roza Ivanovna Makagonova (, 28 October 1927 – 18 April 1995) was a Soviet actress. Makagonova was awarded as a Meritorious Artist in 1976. Biography Makagonova was born in 1927 in Samara. In 1951, she finished the Gerasimov Institute of Cinem ...

as Zhenya * Pavel Olenev as Merzlyakov * Vladimir Solovyov as Efimov * Viktor Bubnov as Karpov * Sergei Gurzo as Petya Gudkin * P. Ivanov as Genka Pankov * Georgi Chernovolenko as Fursov *

Aleksandr Khvylya Alexander Leopoldovich Khvylya (born Bressem, , , ''Oleksandr Leopoldovych Khvylya''; 15 July 1905 – 17 October 1976) was a Ukrainian Soviet theater and film actor who played in ''The Diamond Arm'', '' The End of Chyrva Kozyr'', ''Bohdan Khmelny ...

as Pisarev * Aleksandra Panova as Batmanov's secretary * Lyubov Sokolova as Olga Fyodorovna, doctor *

Yuri Timoshenko Yuri may refer to: People Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), feminine Japanese given names, including a list o ...

as Operator

References

Bibliography

* Hopf, Ted. ''Reconstructing the Cold War: The Early Years, 1945-1958''. Oxford University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1950 drama films 1950 films 1950s war drama films Films based on Russian novels Films directed by Aleksandr Stolper 1950s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films 1950s Soviet films Russian-language war drama films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub