
On a Distant Island...
1957, RU. Directed by Nikolai Rozantsev.
The Far East. A tugboat with six sailors was swept out into the open ocean. After unsuccessful search efforts, young Captain Yelagin presents a series of evidence pointing to deliberate criminal activity and declares it an act of treason. Meanwhile, stranded without fuel and supplies, the sailors build a mast, stitch a sail from blankets, and head towards their home shores...
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RU
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- Released
- 18 November 1957
- Original title
- На острове Дальнем...
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Sutyrin
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On a Distant Island... runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Who directed On a Distant Island...?
On a Distant Island... (1957) was directed by Nikolai Rozantsev and stars Nikolai Timofeyev, Lev Frichinsky, Raisa Kurkina.