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Release Year1968
Runtime0h 26m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorLidiya Ishimbaeva, Inna Dankman
WritersLidiya Ishimbaeva, Inna Dankman
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast6 credited
Also Known AsThe Pointsman
About The Pointsman
Ivan Perepasov has been serving at the railway station as a pointsman for twenty-two years. It seemed to him that all he could do was run along the arrows, give signals, light lanterns. The shift was coming to an end, Ivan hurried home, where his wife and eight children were waiting for him. Suddenly it seemed to him that he had forgotten, after the passage of a freight train, to throw the switch lever onto the main track, along which the postal train was now rushing. Ivan, in despair, rushes onto the adjacent track and falls under a maneuvering locomotive...
Directed by Lidiya Ishimbaeva, Inna Dankman, The Pointsman leans on a strong ensemble — Yuriy Kuzmenkov, Mikhail Lvov, Andrei Tsimbal — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1968.
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