Summary
Fast train N34 went exactly on schedule. The passengers were quietly getting ready for bed when the empty compartment from the outstanding cigarette lit up the curtain. Soon the wagon caught fire. Disaster is imminent. Railwaymen and passengers are working together to prevent misfortune and save hundreds of people…
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.1
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −25 min on the typical 108
typical 10883Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Released
1981
December 30, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaLanguage
Russian
Original language
Made in
Russia
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more23 people
- Lev DurovMikhail
- Elena MayorovaSerafima Steshkova
- Algimantas MasiulisBoris
- Aleksandr FatyushinAleksandr Mukhanov
- ARAleksandr RyshchenkovYura
- Peteris GaudinsPyotr
- Marina ShimanskayaRaya
- Irina PechernikovaLyolya
- Valeri RyzhakovPassazhir 'zayats'
- GMGrigoriy MalikovKursant
Oleg GolubitskySemyon Ignatyevich
Vyacheslav YezepovPassazhir
Leonid BelozorovichPyotr (voice)- NFNatalya FlorenskayaMolodaya mama s mladentsem
Natalya KhorokhorinaVera
Valentina KlyaginaZina
Galina KravchenkoPassazhirka s sobachnoy
Daniil NetrebinYegorich- SOSvetlana OrlovaStewardess
Aleksandr PyatkovSashka
Vladimir SirotaPomoshchnik mashinista
Leonid TrutnevPomoshchnik mashinista
Anatoly VedyonkinPassazhir s gitarom
Directing · 2
- Andrey Malyukov Director, Screenplay
- Elena Avakova First Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Vsevolod Ivanov Screenplay
- O. Lukyanova Lyricist
- Nona Bystrova Script Editor
Production · 1
- Efim Golynskiy Executive Producer
Camera · 2
- Yuri Gantman Director of Photography
- Oleg Gorshkov Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Mariya Sergeyeva Editor
Sound · 4
- Mark Minkov Original Music Composer
- Minna Blank Music Editor
- Mark Bronshteyn Sound Director
- Konstantin Krimets Conductor
Art · 1
- Tatyana Lapshina Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- E. Zorkaya Costume Design
- A. Demidov Makeup & Hair
Visual Effects · 2
- Aleksandr Klimenko VFX Supervisor
- Ulf Bergstrem VFX Director of Photography
Other crew · 1
- Aleksandr Massarskiy Stunt Coordinator
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