

Life in Your Hands
1959, Russian. Directed by Nikolai Rozantsev.
The film is based on authentic events that took place in 1957 in Kursk. Fifteen years after the war, the sappers will have to clear away the ammunition depot left by the German's. The town rebuilt with such difficulty is under threat of explosion...
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nikolai RozantsevDirector
- Oleg StrizhenovDudin
- Iosif KutyanskyPavel Stepanovich
- Viktor ChekmaryovMikhail Ivanovich
- Anatoli YushkoIvan Mozharov
- Klara LuchkoNastya
- Marianna StrizhenovaPolina
- Yelena KornilovaKatya
- Rezo ChkheidzeAndro Paichadze
- Tulkun TadzhiyevRustam Khasanov
- Igor EfimovBannik
- Arnold KurbatovVanin
- Aleksandr AfanasevAnulin
Details
- Released
- 23 May 1959
- Original title
- В твоих руках жизнь
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Leonid Agranovich, Arkadiy Sakhnin
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How long is Life in Your Hands?
Life in Your Hands runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Which OTT platform is Life in Your Hands on?
Life in Your Hands isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 May 1959. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Life in Your Hands?
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Who directed Life in Your Hands?
Life in Your Hands (1959) was directed by Nikolai Rozantsev and stars Oleg Strizhenov, Iosif Kutyansky, Viktor Chekmaryov.