Aleksandr ZARKHY
Александр ЗАРХИ
Aleksandr ZARKHI
USSR, 1957, 93mn 
Colour, fiction
The Altitude
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Высота

 

 La Hauteur

 Vysota

 
Directed by : Aleksandr ZARKHY (Александр ЗАРХИ)
Writing credits : Mikhail PAPAVA (Михаил ПАПАВА)
 
Cast
Lev BORISOV (Лев БОРИСОВ)
Gennadi KARNOVICH-VALUA (Геннадий КАРНОВИЧ-ВАЛУА)
Vasili MAKAROV (Василий МАКАРОВ)
Inna MAKAROVA (Инна МАКАРОВА) ...Katia
Yelena MAKSIMOVA (Елена МАКСИМОВА)
Nikolay RYBNIKOV (Николай РЫБНИКОВ) ...Kolia
Leonid SHUBAROV (Леонид ЧУБАРОВ)
Boris SITKO (Борис СИТКО)
Mariana STRIZHENOVA (Мариана СТРИЖЕНОВА)
 
Cinematography : Vladimir MONAKHOV (Владимир МОНАХОВ)
Production design : Abram FREYDIN (Абрам ФРЕЙДИН)
Music : Rodion SHCHEDRIN (Родион ЩЕДРИН)
Sound : Veniamin KIRSHENBAUM (Вениамин КИРШЕНБАУМ)
Editing : Yekaterina OVSYANNIKOVA (Екатерина ОВСЯННИКОВА)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 24,8 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Based on the novel of the same name by E. Vorobev. Nikolay Pasechnik, a young top man, after he set up a small red flag at the high end of the blast furnace erected by the high-scalers team, slipped down and found himself in the hospital. Katya, who prior to this moment was mockingly rejecting his advances, started visiting him. As a result of those meetings the young people realized that they loved each other and decided to get married.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Les dix meilleurs films soviétiques des années 1950, Boris EGOROV, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Best Soviet films according to Russia Beyond, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023

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