
Braking in the Heavens
1990, Russian. Directed by Viktor Buturlin.
The first secretary of the regional committee, Makhonin, sums up after the meeting of the party's general secretary with the regional economic and party activists. At the same time, he reports to those who allowed themselves critical speeches at this meeting. Central television accidentally records this “debriefing”, finding the material interesting send the film to Moscow by plane. Makhonin finds out about this and, frightened of the consequences, decides to return the plane and destroy the film at all costs...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Viktor ButurlinDirector
- Viktor SmirnovMakhonin
- Nina RuslanovaLaletina
- Yuriy KuznetsovKurkin
- Viktor TsepayevGneushev
- Lev BorisovYezepov
- Igor NikitinParamonov
- Yurii MazhuhaBareyev
- Boris ShcherbakovPopov
- Aleksandr FatyushinZhelezov
- Yevgeni PorotovBorodov
- Nikolai Kovalskycritical speaker
- Larisa LeonovaMakhonin's secretary
Details
- Released
- 17 July 1990
- Original title
- Торможение в небесах
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Viktor Buturlin, Roman Solntsev
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Braking in the Heavens runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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Braking in the Heavens isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 July 1990. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Braking in the Heavens?
Braking in the Heavens (1990) was directed by Viktor Buturlin and stars Viktor Smirnov, Nina Ruslanova, Yuriy Kuznetsov.