
A Span of Land
The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...
Top Billed Cast

Aleksandr Zbruev
Aleksandr Motovilov
Elliya Sukhanova
Rita Tamashova

Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Alexei Babin

Sergei Kurilov
Bryl

Mikhail Vorontsov
Afanasy Makletsov
Featured Crew
Yuriy Rabinovich
Sound

Andrey Smirnov
Director
Boris Yashin
Director
Vsevolod Massino
Editor
Yuri Skhirtladze
Director of Photography
Valentin Perelyotov
Costume Design
Boris Chebotaryov
Production Design
Grigori Baklanov
Writer