Frenzied Bus (russian: Взбесившийся автобус, Vzbesivshiysya avtobus) is a 1990 Soviet

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

. The story is based on real events that occurred on 1 December 1988, when there was a hijacking of a bus with children in Ordzhonikidze.

Plot

The events occurred in Ordzhonikidze in 1988 and this is when the movie took place. In the film, criminals hijack a passenger bus from the city bus station. The criminals see a group of school children waiting for a bus after a field trip, and they invite them onto the bus and then take the children and their teacher hostage. Meanwhile, police radio communications report the hijacking of the bus (without knowledge of the hostage-takers). The bus is spotted by local KGB officers, who heard the news on the radio of his official car ATC communications. The bus leaves the square in front of the local executive committee and the criminals open fire from the broken window on the door of the bus. The bus driver is seriously wounded.

Cast

* Ivars Kalniņš as Colonel Valentin Orlov (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky) *

Igor Bochkin Igor Ivanovich Bochkin (russian: И́горь Ива́нович Бо́чкин; born February 17, 1957) is a Soviet and Russian theater, television and film actor, theater director. He has appeared in more than 50 films since 1972. He was name ...

as Pavel Melkoyants, terrorist ringleader * Anna Samokhina as Tamara Fotaki, Pavel's wife * Anna Tikhonova as teacher *

Amayak Akopyan Amayak Arutyunovich Akopyan (russian: Амая́к Арутю́нович Акопя́н; hy, Հմայակ Հարությունի Հակոբյան); born 1 December 1956, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian illusionist, actor, circus artist. Et ...

as Zhila, terrorist * Igor Kashintsev as Major General * Emmanuil Vitorgan as Mr. Anouk, a member of the Israeli Foreign Ministry * Boris Shcherbakov as Boris Vasilievich, a member of the USSR Foreign Ministry * Alexander Kuznetsov as flight engineer *

Aristarkh Livanov Aristarkh Yevgenyevich Livanov (russian: Ариста́рх Евге́ньевич Лива́нов; born 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999).

as Viktor, Soviet Ambassador in Pakistan * Pyotr Shcherbakov as pilot

Filming

The first half of the film (including scenes of the taking of child hostages) was shot on location in Vladikavkaz, where the actual events took place, for 26 days. It was planned that the shooting of some scenes would take place in Israel, but instead the director had to use Moscow for Tel Aviv locations. The scenes of the Israeli Foreign Ministry were filmed at the

Hotel Russia The Rossiya Hotel (russian: Гостиница «Россия») was a five-star international hotel in Moscow. It was the largest hotel in the world from 1967 to 1980. Until its closure in 2006, it remained the second largest hotel in Europe, ...

, whereas Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport stood in for Tel Aviv's

Ben Gurion Airport Ben Gurion International Airport, ; ar, مطار بن غوريون الدولي , commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, it is the ...

References

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* 1990 films Gorky Film Studio films 1990s crime action films Action films based on actual events Films about hijackings Soviet crime action films Russian crime action films Films set in Israel 1990s Russian-language films {{1990s-crime-film-stub