Film

Until the Thunder Strikes

1991 · 2h 7m · Drama

Few months before collapse of USSR. Villages and collective farms are facing with problem: young and working age people leaving countryside for better life in cities. Same problem in collapsing collective farm near Moscow - the only mechanic and harvester driver decides to leave his native village because he feels deeply offended for being severely punished for breakdown harvester. But his countrymen disagree with his decision and try to prevent his escape.

Sergei Parshin

Alexey Voronin

Yekaterina Vasilyeva

Nadezhda Voronina

Mikhail Gluzskiy

Mezhakov

Larisa Danilina

Zavyalova

Yuriy Kuzmenkov

Zavyalov

Evgeny Filatov

Kutuzov

Viktor Smirnov

Kuznetsov

Viktor Filippov

Michael

Nina Ruslanova

Valentina

Emmanuil Vitorgan

zaveduyushchiy rayono

Lyubov Sokolova

Olimpiada Vasilievna

Galina Samokhina

Maria Prokopievna

Boris Galkin

butcher

Viktor Zozulin

Yuriy

Stanislav Mikhin

Kuimych

Aleksandr Lebedev

Petya Korzhnev

• Evgeniy VasilevDirector
• Leonard TolstoyScreenplay
• Igor TsvetkovOriginal Music Composer

Release date

June 1, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

2h 7m

Genres

Drama