''On Thin Ice'' () is a 1966 Soviet
spy film
The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films) ...
directed by Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh, based on Georgiy Bryantsev's 1961 book, which provided the first authoritative public description of
counterintelligence
Counterintelligence is an activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting activities to prevent espionage, sabotage, assassinations or ot ...
group
GUKR (SMERSH).
Plot
Two
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
agents fight foreign spies in the
Oryol Oblast
Oryol Oblast (russian: Орло́вская о́бласть, ''Orlovskaya oblast''), also known as Orlovshchina (russian: Орловщина) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is th ...
before and during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
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Release
''On Thin Ice'' was released in the Soviet Union on 26 September 1966.
It was the
highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1966, with 42.5 million tickets sold.
References
External links
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* (part 1, in Russian, no subtitles)
* (part 2, in Russian, no subtitles)
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Soviet historical drama films
Soviet spy films
Mosfilm films
World War II spy films
Eastern Front of World War II films
Films directed by Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
1960s historical drama films
Soviet World War II films
Russian World War II films