

Until the Thunder Strikes
1991, Russian. Directed by Evgeniy Vasilev.
Few months before collapse of USSR. Villages and collective farms are facing with problem: young and working age people leaving countryside for better life in cities. Same problem in collapsing collective farm near Moscow - the only mechanic and harvester driver decides to leave his native village because he feels deeply offended for being severely punished for breakdown harvester. But his countrymen disagree with his decision and try to prevent his escape.
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Evgeniy VasilevDirector
- Sergei ParshinAlexey Voronin
- Yekaterina VasilyevaNadezhda Voronina
- Mikhail GluzskiyMezhakov
- Larisa DanilinaZavyalova
- Yuriy KuzmenkovZavyalov
- Evgeny FilatovKutuzov
- Viktor SmirnovKuznetsov
- Viktor FilippovMichael
- Nina RuslanovaValentina
- Emmanuil Vitorganzaveduyushchiy rayono
- Lyubov SokolovaOlimpiada Vasilievna
- Galina SamokhinaMaria Prokopievna
Details
- Released
- 1 June 1991
- Original title
- Пока гром не грянет
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Leonard Tolstoy
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Until the Thunder Strikes runs 127 minutes (2h 7m).
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Until the Thunder Strikes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 June 1991. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Until the Thunder Strikes?
Until the Thunder Strikes (1991) was directed by Evgeniy Vasilev and stars Sergei Parshin, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Mikhail Gluzskiy.