
For the Sake of a Few Lines
1986, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin.
The Carpathians, 1944. The truck with the employees of the divisional newspaper was blown up by a mine. Everyone was alive, but the font was scattered by the blast wave — and now, under the bullets of the enemy, the newspapermen must collect the material of the next issue of the newspaper literally in fragments...
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 February 1986
- Original title
- Ради нескольких строчек
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Arkadiy Krasilshchikov
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For the Sake of a Few Lines runs 77 minutes (1h 17m).
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For the Sake of a Few Lines isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 February 1986. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like For the Sake of a Few Lines?
If you liked For the Sake of a Few Lines, try The War Below, Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow, 1942: Unknown Battle.
Who directed For the Sake of a Few Lines?
For the Sake of a Few Lines (1986) was directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin and stars Nikita Mikhajlovsky, Natalya Popova, Vladimir Alekseyenko.