''Time, Forward!'' (russian: Время, вперёд!, ''Vremya, vperyod!'') is a 1965

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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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Sofiya Milkina Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...

and Mikhail Schweitzer based on a novel with the same name and a

screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, ...

Valentin Kataev Valentin Petrovich Kataev (russian: Валенти́н Петро́вич Ката́ев; also spelled Katayev or Kataiev; – 12 April 1986) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright who managed to create penetrating works discussing ...

. The film was produced by

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio 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 film monopoly, its output inclu ...

, a unit of the State Committee for Cinematography (Goskino). The famous musical score was composed by Georgy Sviridov. The title is derived from

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (, ; rus, Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ məjɪˈkofskʲɪj, Ru-Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky.ogg, links=y; – 14 Apr ...

's play '' The Bathhouse'' (russian: Баня).

Plot summary

The film is set in the 1930s, depicting one day of the

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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (russian: Магнитогорский металлургический комбинат, Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat), abbreviated as MMK, is an iron and steel company located in the city of Magni ...

(or ''Magnitka''). The characters are construction workers and

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

members who are eager to work. Learning that their colleagues in Kharkov have set a record, they are mobilized in order to beat them. Everyone at the construction site has embraced socialist competition. They are ready to win at any cost to speed up construction and complete the work on time. A Moscow journalist comes to cover the scope of the great construction project, seeking a hero for his story.

Cast

* Sergei Yursky as David Margulies *

Inna Gulaya Inna Iosifovna Gulaya (russian: И́нна Ио́сифовна Гула́я; 9 May 1940, Kharkov – 28 May 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet theatre and cinema actress. She was named a Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Gulaya was bor ...

as Shura Soldatova * Tamara Syomina as Olya Trigubova * Leonid Kuravlyov as Korneyev * Vladimir Kashpur as Kanunnikov *

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as Sayenko *

Yefim Kopelyan Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan (russian: Ефим Захарович Копелян; 12 April 1912 – 6 March 1975) was a Soviet actor of theatre and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leningrad. He per ...

as Nalbandov *

Bruno O'Ya Bruno O'Ya (born Bruno Oja; 12 February 1933 – 9 October 2002) was an Estonian-Polish actor. In 1974 he starred in the Academy Award-nominated film ''The Deluge'' under Jerzy Hoffman. He also appeared in the 1978 film ''Centaurs''. He released ...

as Thomas Bixby *

Tatyana Lavrova Tatyana Yevgenievna Lavrova (russian: Татьяна Евгеньевна Лаврова; real name Andrikanis, June 7, 1938 — May 16, 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actress of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the RSFSR. Biography The ...

as Klava *

Aleksander Yanvaryov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

as Ishchenko * Mikhail Kokshenov as Kanunnikov * Yuri Volyntsev as Writer *

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as Semechkin * Larisa Kadochnikova as Katya * Igor Yasulovich as Vinkich * Vadim Zobin as Mosya *

Viktor Markin Viktor Fyodorovich Markin () (born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After graduating from a ...

as Reporter *

Radner Muratov Radner Zinyatovich Muratov (russian: Раднэр Зинятович Муратов, tt-Cyrl, Раднэр Зиннәт улы Моратов, translit=Radner Zinnät uğlı Moratov; 21 October 1928 – 10 December 2004) was a Soviet and Russian s ...

as Zagirov * Klara Rumyanova as Lushka * Boris Yurchenko as Filonov

Theme

Sviridov's orchestral suite written for this film was one of the most recognizable music pieces of the Soviet era, and became a sort of calling card for the

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itself. Since 1986 it has been used as the theme song of ''

Vremya ''Vremya'' (russian: Вре́мя, lit. "Time") is the main evening newscast in Russia, airing on Channel One Russia (Russian: , Pervy kanal) and previously on Programme One of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR, Russian: ). The prog ...

'', the TV news program on USSR Central Television and Russian Channel One (although the tune has been re-orchestrated a few times since then). It was also used as the opening theme for the four-part Channel 4 documentary ''Spitfire Ace'' in Great Britain. The theme has been used in subsequent films, most notably Theodore Ushev's '' Tower Bawher'' and

Guy Maddin Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in ...

's short film " The Heart of the World".

Olympics association

It was performed at the close of the 2010 Olympic ceremony in

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, conducted live by

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company di ...

, to present the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (russian: Сочи 2014), was an international ...

, which were held in Sochi, Russia. At the 2014 opening ceremony in Sochi, the theme was used again during a scene depicting national industrialization and the collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union. The dancers wore red and black costumes while they interacted with huge figurative tractors, giant ditch-diggers, gears, and similar engine parts.NBC 2014 Winter Olympic Games video replay at 2:51:50
February 7, 2014. The Russian

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ribbon. The sport combi ...

team used the Overture in their gold medal winning all-around routine at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

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{{Mikhail Schweitzer 1965 films Soviet black-and-white films 1965 drama films Mosfilm films 1960s Russian-language films Films directed by Mikhail Shveytser Orchestral suites Films based on Russian novels Soviet drama films Films scored by Georgy Sviridov