The Rivals
1985, Russian. Directed by Viktor Sadovsky.
A young talented athlete Natalia Ozernikova, having retired from swimming due to age, began to practice single kayaking. She loves her job, devoting many hours of grueling training to it. But at the competitions she does not manage to rise above the second place in any way.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 August 1985
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- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Viktor Sadovsky, Valentin Ezhov
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The Rivals runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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The Rivals isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 1985. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Rivals?
The Rivals (1985) was directed by Viktor Sadovsky and stars Larisa Guzeeva, Yuri Demich, Viktoriya Sadovskaya.