''Breakthrough'' (russian: Прорыв, Proryv) is a 1986

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

disaster film A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Such disasters may include natural disasters, accidents, military/terrorist attacks or global catastrophes such as ...

directed by Dmitri Svetozarov.

Plot

The film shows a major accident that occurred during the construction of a tunnel leading to the fictional station Petrovskaya of

Leningrad Metro The Saint Petersburg Metro (russian: links=no, Петербургский метрополитен, Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to Wor ...

. It is based on a similar accident in 1974, in the

tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...

between stations Lesnaya and Ploschad Muzhestva, playing up its unique design and geological conditions.

Cast

Oleg Borisov Oleg Ivanovich Borisov (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Бори́сов; 8 November 1929 – 28 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1978). Biography Childhood and youth Oleg Borisov was ...

— Head of Lenmetrostroi Boris Savelyevich Poluektov *

Andrei Rostotsky Andrei Stanislavovich Rostotsky (Russian: Андрей Станиславович Ростоцкий, January 25, 1957 – May 5, 2002) was a Soviet Russian film and theatre actor and stunt performer, film director and screenwriter, and also TV ...

— Martynov, head of the mine *Yuri Demich — Deputy. Chief of Lenmetrostroi Yurasov *Mikhail Danilov — Marchuk *Alexander Susnin — foreman Osmyorkin * Yury Kuznetsov — sinker Vyazigin *

Andrey Krasko Andrey Ivanovich Krasko (russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Краско́; 10 August 1957, Leningrad, USSR — 4 July 2006, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Russian theatre and cinema actor. Andrey Krasko first experienced theatrical production as ...

— Drifters Alexander and Bronislav Kostromins *Vladimir Baranov — sinker Sherstobitov *Valery Kravchenko — Morozov, the engineer of the mine electric locomotive *Natalia Akimova — wife of Martynov (daughter of Poluektov) *Yuri Soloviev — engineer Kostyrya *Ivan Agafonov — Comrade Serov, from the regional party committee

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, tt0091796 Soviet drama films Russian disaster films 1980s disaster films Lenfilm films 1980s Russian-language films