War ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1989 · 1h 25m

Before Dawn

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Director
Yaropolk Lapshin
Cast
Evgeny Mironov as Lieutenant Valeri Ryzhakov as Nikolai Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy as Vaska Oleg Korchikov as Kostiantyn Stepankov as Valentin Nevolin Vyacheslav Kirilichev as Old man
Crew
Anatoly Lesnikov — Director of Photography Gennadi Bokarev — Screenplay Vladislav Rastorguev — Production Design
Synopsis

Wartime, summer 1941. Train carrying criminals gets under enemy fire and crashed. Out of all of the living are only a young lieutenant of the NKVD and two prisoners - the thief and repressed Communist party worker.

Mood & Themes
great patriotic war
Key Collaborators
Yaropolk Lapshin Director Anatoly Lesnikov Director of Photography Gennadi Bokarev Screenplay Vladislav Rastorguev Production Design
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