THE TAIGA TROOPERS (1966)

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The Taiga Troopers
Drama
May 16, 1966
Russian
1h 28m
Soviet Union
Mosfilm
Based on the novel by Vladimir Orlov "Salty Watermelon". About the youth team of builders laying in the taiga railway Abakan-Tayshet. In the taiga, on the site of the future route, the youth team of Nikolai Bondarenko works. The people in the brigade are very different: the educated muscovite Vitaly, the resourceful Boris, the scribe and the romantic "Bukvar", but everyone lives together. They dream of a future route that will open the way to the Sayan Mountains.
Cast & Characters
Stanislav Borodokin
"Bukvar"
Vladimir Gusev
Nikolai
Viktor Zadubrovsky
Keshka
Irina Vavilova
Olga
Konstantin Khudyakov
Vitaliy
Antonina Zhmakova
Zoyka
Viktor Filippov
Boris
Vladimir Salnikov
Spirkin
Valentina Telichkina
Dasha
Vladimir Gulyaev
Motovilov
Crew
Vladimir Krasnopolskiy
Director
Valeriy Uskov
Director
Vladimir Krasnopolskiy
Writer
Valeriy Uskov
Writer
Vladimir Orlov
Writer
Vladimir Orlov
Novel
Leonid Afanasyev
Original Music Composer
Pyotr Yemelyanov
Director of Photography