
A Moment to Look Back
1985, Russian. Directed by Vyacheslav Kolegaev.
Boris Zhitkov intends to fulfill his dream and get a job at a shipyard where a vacancy has opened up for a process engineer. At the same time, he writes stories about sea stories, where, according to him, there is not even a fraction of fiction. But before he can fulfill his cherished dream, Boris has to fulfill an errand - to deliver two telegrams.
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 May 1985
- Original title
- На миг оглянуться
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Galina Gubacheva
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A Moment to Look Back runs 139 minutes (2h 19m).
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A Moment to Look Back isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 May 1985. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked A Moment to Look Back, try Adopt a Highway, Eleanor the Great, Mindwalk.
Who directed A Moment to Look Back?
A Moment to Look Back (1985) was directed by Vyacheslav Kolegaev and stars Viktor Proskurin, Oleg Efremov, Yuri Medvedev.