In the vestibule of one of the train cars Moscow-Dushanbe found the corpse of the passenger. Two random travelers - police officers Denisov and Kurbanov - have to conduct their investigation in very difficult conditions...
Direction
Dual directors mirror the uneasy Denisov-Kurbanov partnership.
Production
Real Soviet rail cars, no sets — authenticity you can smell.
Acting
Nikonenko's exhausted eyes carry 20 years of unsolved cases.
Director
Valery Akhadov
Sergey Nikonenko
майор Денисов
Saido Kurbanov
капитан Курбанов
Yuri Platonov
Поляков
Khabibullo Abdurazzakov
Саидов
Svetlana Petrosyants
Майя
Shukhrat Irgashev
Вахидов
Maksud Imatshoev
Феликс
Ato Mukhamedzhanov
Фазылов
Alexander Korshunov
электрик
Zemfira Tsakhilova
Абдуллаева
Yana Druz
Пятых
Vladimir Zemlyanikin
Белов
Abdusalom Rakhimov
Искандаров
Tuti Gafarova
Искандарова
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during perestroika's first whispers, the film's distrust of official systems mirrored audiences' growing skepticism of Soviet institutions.
The Moscow-Dushanbe route was notorious for real crimes; crew interviewed actual railway militia for procedural details.
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