Trial on the Road (1986)
Proverka na dorogakh
96 min
Shot in 1971 but banned until 1986, this distinctly Russian war story takes place in 1942 behind enemy lines. A regiment of partisans captures former Red Army lieutenant Lazarev who is dressed in a German uniform. He’s a Nazi defector and collaborator but now desires to switch back and fight with Russian partisans.
- Release date
- April 1, 1986
- Country of origin
- Russia
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Trailer
Cast
- Rolan Bykov as Ivan Egorovich Lokotkov
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Igor Leonidovich Petushkov
- Vladimir Zamanskiy as Alexander Ivanovich Lazarev
- Oleg Borisov as Victor Mikhailovich Solomin
- Mayya Bulgakova as An unhopeful woman-villager
- Fyodor Odinokov as The Old Mine-Layer - Erofeich
- Nikolay Burlyaev as The young auxiliary policeman
- Viktor Pavlov as Kutenko - an auxiliary police watchman
- Anda Zaice as Inga - the partisan-interpreter
- Igor Klass
- Gennadi Dyudyayev as Dmitry Mit'ka - a young partisan
Crew
- Aleksei German · Director
- Yuri German · Writer
- Eduard Volodarskiy · Writer
- Vladimir Besprozvanny · Producer
- Isaac Schwarts · Composer
- B. Aleksandrovsky · Cinematographer
- Lev Kolganov · Cinematographer
- Yakov Sklansky · Cinematographer
- Anastasiya Babushkina · Editor
- Valery Yurkevich · Production designer