

Starting Point
1979, Russian. Directed by Viktor Turov.
A bully, a middle class boy and a country boy are called up for military service and being trained in the landing force.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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- Released
- 1 November 1979
- Original title
- Точка отсчета
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vladimir Akimov, Valentin Ezhov
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Starting Point runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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Which OTT platform is Starting Point on?
Starting Point isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 November 1979. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Starting Point?
Starting Point (1979) was directed by Viktor Turov and stars Nikolay Kochegarov, Valeriy Poletayev, Vasyl Petrenko.