''Going Inside a Storm'' (russian: Иду на грозу, Idu na grozu) is a 1966 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Sergei Mikaelyan. It was based on the novel by

Daniil Granin Daniil Aleksandrovich Granin (russian: Дании́л Алекса́ндрович Гра́нин; 1 January 1919 – 4 July 2017), original family name German (russian: Ге́рман), was a Soviet and Russian author. Life and career Granin st ...

, who also wrote a screenplay together with Mikaelyan.

Plot summary

Protagonists, Sergei Krylov ( Aleksandr Belyavskiy) and Oleg Tulin (

Vasili Lanovoy Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (russian: Василий Семёнович Лановой; (16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the Preside ...

), are promising young physicists in the field of

thunderstorm A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are some ...

s. They dream of

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. But later their ways in science parted - Oleg is ready to tradeoff his standpoints for personal success, but Sergei knows that the truth is more critical.

Cast

* Aleksandr Belyavskiy as ''Sergei Krylov'' *

as ''Oleg Tulin'' *

Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (russian: Ростислав Янович Плятт; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biograph ...

as ''Dankevich'' *

Mikhail Astangov Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Аста́нгов), real surname Ruzhnikov () ( in Warsaw – 20 April 1965 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1955). ...

as ''Golitsin'' *

Zhanna Prokhorenko Zhanneta "Zhanna" Trofimovna Prokhorenko (russian: Жаннета "Жанна" Трофимовна Прохоренко, uk, Жаннета "Жанна" Трохимівна Прохоренко; 11 May 1940 – 1 August 2011) was a Soviet and ...

as ''Lena'' * Viktoriya Lepko as ''Zhenya'' *

Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...

as ''Anykeyev'' *

Yevgeni Lebedev Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev ( rus, Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ɐlʲɪˈkseɪvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor a ...

as ''Agatov'' *

Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation ...

as ''Richard'' * Leonid Dyachkov as ''Poltavskiy'' * Iosif Konopatsky as ''Savushkin'' * Fyodor Korchagin as ''Lagunov'' * Anatoli Abramov *

Pavel Luspekayev Pavel Borisovich Luspekayev (russian: Па́вел Бори́сович Луспека́ев) (20 April 1927, Luhansk — 17 April 1970, Moscow) was a Soviet actor who is best known for his role of Vereschagin in the classic Russian movie '' White ...

* Vladimir Treshchalov as ''Lena's husband''

Television version

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Bulat Mansurov directed a color television version of this film, released by

Mosfilm Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output inclu ...

under the name Defeat (russian: Поражение, Porajenie) in 4 series. Total runtime - 362 min. Starring - Igor Volkov, Andrey Teneta,

Vasily Lanovoy Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy (russian: Василий Семёнович Лановой; (16 January 1934 – 28 January 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Russian actor who worked in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow. He was also known as the Preside ...

, Pavel Kadochnikov, Tatiana Plotnikova, Irina Klimova,

Leonid Kuravlyov Leonid Vyacheslavovich Kuravlyov (russian: Леонид Вячеславович Куравлёв; 8 October 1936 – 30 January 2022) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Kuravlyov w ...

Olga Kabo Olga Igorevna Kabo (russian: О́льга И́горевна Кабо́, born January 28, 1968) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actress. Biography Was born in Moscow, the daughter of engineers Igor Yakovlevich and Ada Nikolayevna. From ...

External links

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