''The Land of Sannikov'' (russian: Земля Санникова, Zemlya Sannikova) is a Soviet 1974

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about the fictional

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loosely based on the 1924 novel of the same name by

Vladimir Obruchev Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич О́бручев; , Klepenino near Rzhev, Tver Oblast, Russian Empire – June 19, 1956, Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Моск� ...

Plot

The exiled settler Alexander Ilyin persuades the

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owner Trifon Perfilyev to sponsor the expedition dedicated to the search for "Sannikov Land", a legendary warm land behind the

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. Hoping that this land could be filled with gold, Perfilyev agrees. A few more daredevils volunteer for the mission. The finally gathered crew consists of Ilyin himself, officer Evgeniy Krestovskiy, Perfilyev's servant Ignatiy, who is given a task of killing every other crew member in case they really find any gold, and Gubin, a

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runaway and a former doctor. After a long journey, they reach the volcanic land and meet the natives – a tribe of "Onkilon". However they soon find out that the

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is cooling down quickly, and the legendary land is about to start to freeze so that its unique ecosystem is doomed. Gubin chooses to stay with the Onkilons so as to share his knowledge and help them through the disaster, Ignatiy is killed, Krestovskiy falls from a cliff, and Ilyin has to return alone. Exhausted, he is picked up in the wilderness by Yakut hunters. As they carry him to safety, he watches the migrating birds overhead flying to the Sannikov Land, still unaware of its demise.

Cast

Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Vladislav Vatslavovich Dvorzhetsky (russian: Владислав Вацлавович Дворжецкий, 26 April 1939 – 28 May 1978) was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in eighteen films between 1970 and 1978. Dvorzhetsky was born in ...

as ''Ilyin'' *

Oleg Dahl Oleg Ivanovich Dal (russian: Олег Иванович Даль; 25 May 1941 – 3 March 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He acted in films, from classics of drama to fairy tales and adventures. His most popular works inclu ...

as ''Evgeniy Krestovskiy'' * Yuriy Nazarov as ''Gubin'' *

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (russian: Георгий Михайлович Вицин; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Terijoki, former Finla ...

as ''Ignatiy'' *

Makhmud Esambayev Makhmud Alisultanovich Esambayev (russian: Махмуд Алисултанович Эсамбаев; 15 July 1924 – 7 January 2000) was a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor. Makhmud was regarded as one of the mos ...

as ''Shaman'' *

Nikolai Gritsenko Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko (russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, uk, Микола Олімпійович Гриценко; 24 July 1912 – 8 December 1979) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He ap ...

as ''Trifon Stepanovich Perfilyev'' * Alyona Chukhray * Gevork Chepchyan * Pyotr Abasheyev * Tursun Kuralyev * Yekaterina Sambuyeva * Nasira Mambetova * Sergei Polezhayev * Aleksandr Susnin * Nikolai Kryukov as ''naval officer''

Soundtracks

Film featured two highly popular songs, written by

Aleksandr Zatsepin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born 10 March 1926) is a Soviet and Russian composer, known for his soundtracks to movies, notably comedies directed by Leonid Gaidai. People's ...

and

Leonid Derbenyov Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov ( rus, Леони́д Петро́вич Дербенёв, p=lʲɪɐˈnʲit pʲɪˈtrovʲɪdʑ dʲɪrbʲɪˈnʲɵf, a=Lyeonid Pyetrovich Dyerbyenyov.ru.vorb.oga; 12 April 1931 – 22 June 1995) was a Russian poet and l ...

and performed by

Oleg Anofriyev Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...

. The first of them achieved near-cult status: # "There's just a moment..." ("Est' tol'ko mig") # "All has been" ("Vsyo bylo")

References

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(performed by Anatoliy Grabezhov,

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singer,

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, 4196k) in Maksim Moshkow's Music Library 1973 films 1973 in the Soviet Union 1970s science fiction adventure films Films based on Russian novels Films scored by Aleksandr Zatsepin Films set in a fictional location Films set in the Arctic Films shot in Crimea Lost world films Mosfilm films 1970s Russian-language films Soviet science fiction adventure films {{adventure-film-stub