Ilya GURIN Илья ГУРИН Ilia GOURINE   USSR, 1963, 101 mn  Colour, fiction

On Duty ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ При исполнении служебных обязанностей    En remplissant ses devoirs de service  Pri ispolnenii sluzhebnykh obyazannostey

Plot synopsis

Film-story based on the prose work of the same title by Yulian Semenov.
The veteran of polar aviation Strumilin, one of those who in the 30s laid out the first air routes in the Arctic region, and the young pilot Bogachev are sent to evacuate some scientists who are stranded on a detached ice floe. On the way Strumilin becomes unwell: the heart. Bogachev masterly lands the plane on the ice floe, but he cannot take everybody. Strumilin surrenders his place to a member of the expedition and is certain that his friend will soon return...

Selected in the following festivals :

- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2011

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