''Thirst'' (russian: Жажда) is a 1959 Soviet
World War II film
This is a list of fictional feature films or miniseries which feature events of World War II in the narrative.
There is a separate list of World War II TV series.
Criteria
* The film or miniseries must be concerned with World War II (or the ...
directed by
Yevgeny Tashkov.
Plot
The film takes place in Odessa, besieged by the Nazis. They captured the village with the water station and, as result, the residents of Odessa were left without water. A scout named Maria goes behind enemy lines hoping to contact the workers of the water station, but the company does not receive any messages from her and decides to send the sailor Bezborodko, who speaks German very well. The squad goes after him...
Cast
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Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (russian: Вячесла́в Васи́льевич Ти́хонов; 8 February 1928, in Pavlovsky Posad – 4 December 2009, in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy, S ...
as Oleg Bezborodko leytenant
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Valentina Khmara as Masha (as V. Khmara)
* Yuri Belov as Vasya Rogozin 'Patefon' (as Yu. Byelov)
*
Anton Dotsenko as Nikita Nechipaylo (as A. Datsenko)
* Vladimir Ivanov as Tvyordokhlebov (as V. Ivanov)
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Nikolai Timofeyev
Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to:
People Royalty
* Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855
* Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...
as Nikitin, polkovnik (as N. Timofeyev)
*
Boris Bityukov as Alekseyenko, kapitan-leytenant (as B. Bityukov)
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B. Goduntsov
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Vasili Vekshin
Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to:
*Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
*Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...
as Kalina (as V. Vekshin)
*
Mullayan Suyargulov as Mamed (as M. Suyargulov)
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Oleg Golubitsky
Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blesse ...
as Kurt Lemke (as O. Golubitskiy)
Жажда (1959) Full Cast & Crew
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References
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1959 films
1959 war films
1950s war drama films
1950s Soviet films
1950s Russian-language films
Soviet war drama films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet World War II films
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