Vertical (russian: Вертикаль) is a 1967

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directed by

Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russians, Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He w ...

and

Boris Durov Boris Valentinovich Durov (russian: Борис Валентинович Дуров; 12 March 1937 – 5 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. His 1979 action film '' Pirates of the 20th Century'' became the highest- ...

. With 32.8 million viewers it became one of the 1967 Soviet box office leaders (10th place among the Soviet-produced movies and 13th place it total). The film was a directorial debut for both Govorukhin and Durov. It was also the first movie where

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...

worked as a composer and songwriter. His songs became extremely popular, they were immediately released on the

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and gave a start to his musical career.Vladimir Sergeev
People took notebooks to Vertical to write down Vladimir Vysotsky's songs
article at Komsomolskaya Pravda, 24 January 2013 (in Russian)

Plot

The group of climbers led by an experienced Vitali Leonov went to Svaneti to conquer Mount Hor-Tau (fictional peak). Four go to the top and the bottom, in the camp, are radio operator Vladimir and physician Larisa. Volodya receives a message regarding an incoming storm and passes it to the group, but one of the climbers hides this important information from his comrades. The climbers reach the top, but on the way back down they are caught in a snow storm. The conquerors face a difficult way back to base camp.

Cast

- Volodya *Gennady Voropayev - Gennady *

Larisa Luzhina Larisa Anatolievna Luzhina (russian: Лари́са Анато́льевна Лу́жина; born 4 March 1939) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2021, the actress revealed that when she was 19, she was harassed a ...

- Larissa *Georgiy Kulbush - Lomov *Margarita Kosheleva - Rita *Alexander Fadeev - Sasha Nikitin *

Bukhuti Zakariadze Bukhuti Zakariadze (Georgian: ''ბუხუტი ზაქარიაძე'', Russified: ''Бухути Александрович Закариадзе'' ''Bukhuti Alexandrovich Zaqariadze 1 July 1913– 12 February 1988) was a Soviet actor an ...

- Vissarion * M. Anuchrinov * L. Gliseyev * L. Kakhilin * Sh. Mareklin

References

External links

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Encyclopedia of Russian cinema
' 1967 films 1960s action drama films Soviet action drama films Climbing films Soviet sports drama films 1967 directorial debut films Films directed by Stanislav Govorukhin Films directed by Boris Durov Vladimir Vysotsky 1960s sports drama films {{sport-film-stub