After the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. A Russian engineer gets the assignment to purchase locomotives from Sweden. Paid in gold. Claimed by the opponents of the revolution.
Acting
Vyacheslav Tikhonov's restrained desperation — eyes say everything.
Direction
Yegorov makes trade negotiations feel like a heist thriller.
Director
Yuri Yegorov
Bibi Andersson
Britt Stagnelius
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Viktor Krymov
Patrick Wymark
Christian Holm
Valentin Gaft
Andrey Izvolskiy
Igor Yasulovich
Mikhail Zabotin
Gunnel Broström
Ingrid Holm
Per-Axel Arosenius
Dr. Gunnar Hemlin
Irina Gosheva
Viktor's mother
Sofya Pavlova
woman from the Volga region
Tord Peterson
Tutarns
Yevgeni Fridman
Yevgeniy
Willy Peters
Board member
Doris Svedlund
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bibi Andersson was Bergman's muse; her casting brought unexpected art-house credibility to this Soviet-Swedish co-production.
Shot during the brief 1970s thaw in Soviet cinema, when 'enemy' nations could be portrayed with something approaching nuance.
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