Machinist Drove the Trains
Водил поезда машинист
Synopsis
Olga, who was taken to the West by Hitler's invaders, works as a switchman at a railway station. Echelons with prisoners of war - convicts - pass by her every day. Olga gets acquainted with the machinist Fyodor and with his help organizes the escape of her camp mates. But the plan fails, and the escapees are shot. Fyodor, who miraculously survived, gets to the homeland. And after the war, chance again brings him together with Olga, when the hero with severe burns after an accident falls into the hospital...
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Viktor Zhilin
- Screenplay & Story
- Ivan Bondin
- Original Score
- Andrey Eshpay
- Original Title
- Водил поезда машинист
- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- Unknown
- Production Studios
- Odessa Film Studio
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Viktor Zhilin
Ivan Bondin, Grigori Pozhenyan, V. Kulik, A. Charnetskiy, S. Gruzberg, A. Grigoryev, A. Saadzhan
Andrey Eshpay
Yuri Romanovsky
Nadezhda Yavorskaya
M. Goldfarb, R. Fedina, S. Solovyov
Department Leadership Roster
Andrey Eshpay
Original Music Composer
Ivan Bondin
Screenplay
Viktor Zhilin
Director
Yuri Bogatyrenko
Production Design
Anatoli Ovsyankin
Production Design
Yuri Romanovsky
Director of Photography
Z. Lagutina
Costume Design
Nadezhda Yavorskaya
Editor
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What is Machinist Drove the Trains about?
Olga, who was taken to the West by Hitler's invaders, works as a switchman at a railway station. Echelons with prisoners of war - convicts - pass by her every day. Olga gets acquainted with the machinist Fyodor and with his help organizes the escape of her camp mates. But the plan fails, and the escapees are shot. Fyodor, who miraculously survived, gets to the homeland. And after the war, chance again brings him together with Olga, when the hero with severe burns after an accident falls into the hospital...
Who directed Machinist Drove the Trains?
Machinist Drove the Trains was directed by Viktor Zhilin.
Who stars in Machinist Drove the Trains?
The principal cast of Machinist Drove the Trains includes Leonid Kuravlyov, Zinaida Sorochinskaya, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Grigoriy Gay, Lyudmila Lyulko.
When was Machinist Drove the Trains released and how long is it?
Machinist Drove the Trains was released in 1961 with a total runtime of Unknown.
Who composed the musical score for Machinist Drove the Trains?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Machinist Drove the Trains was composed by Andrey Eshpay.