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"Highway" is a wrong title for this movie. The correct title - Magistral - must be used in this article.
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Highway
| name = Magistral
| native_name = {{lang-ru|Магистраль}}
| native_name = {{lang-ru|Магистраль}}
| image =
| image =
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* [[Vsevolod Kuznetsov]]
* [[Vsevolod Kuznetsov]]
* [[Lyudmila Gurchenko]]
* [[Lyudmila Gurchenko]]
* [[Pavel Semenikhin]]
* Pavel Semenikhin
* [[Marina Tregubovich]]
* Marina Tregubovich
* [[Vladimir Gostyukhin]]
* [[Yuri Demich]]
* [[Ivan Agafonov]]
* [[Vladimir Menshov]]
* [[Sergei Prokhanov]]
}}
}}
| music = [[Aleksey Rybnikov]]
| music = [[Aleksey Rybnikov]]
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| editing = Margarita Shadrina
| editing = Margarita Shadrina
| released =
| released =
| studio=
| studio= [[Lenfilm]]
| runtime =
| runtime = 93 min
| country = [[Soviet Union]]
| country = [[Soviet Union]]
| language = Russian
| language = Russian
| budget =
| budget =
}}
}}
'''''Highway''''' ({{lang-ru|Магистраль}}) is a 1982 Soviet drama film directed by [[:ru:Трегубович, Виктор Иванович|Viktor Tregubovich]].<ref>[http://fraza.ua/column/266283-o-sovetskom-krizisnom-kino- О советском «кризисном» кино]</ref><ref>[https://teleprogramma.pro/cinema-stop/120130/ 5 самых захватывающих отечественных фильмов-катастроф]</ref><ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1546180 Неисповедимы пути сообщения]</ref>
'''''Magistral''''' ({{lang-ru|Магистраль}}) is a 1983 Soviet railroad drama film based on the book "Zharkie peregony" by [[Vladimir Barabashov]] and directed by [[:ru:Трегубович, Виктор Иванович|Viktor Tregubovich]].<ref>[http://fraza.ua/column/266283-o-sovetskom-krizisnom-kino- О советском «кризисном» кино]</ref><ref>[https://teleprogramma.pro/cinema-stop/120130/ 5 самых захватывающих отечественных фильмов-катастроф]</ref><ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1546180 Неисповедимы пути сообщения]</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Set in the 1980s Soviet Union, the film tells about a [[disaster|disastrous]] collision on the [[Siberia|Siberian]] railway called "Magistral" and the [[Chaos|chaotic]] circumstances pertinent to that [[accident]]. "Magistral" railway has many big and small problems, outdated infrastructure, inadequate management and poor resources under the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[bureaucracy]]. The railroad's throughput is lower than necessary, so one hasty decision sends a cargo train on a collision course with a passenger train. At the same time the alarm system fails and communication channels malfunction, so the top managers remain oblivious to the emerging disaster. Eventually the cargo train collides head on with passenger train causing much damage and human suffering. Soviet [[administration]] chairman summons the railroad management to a brainstorm meeting that concludes that the disaster was caused by systemic degradation of the railroad. <ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/46500/ Магистраль]</ref>
The film tells about the work of the railway, the throughput of which is lower than necessary, which led to a disaster.<ref>[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/46500/ Магистраль]</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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* [[Vladimir Menshov]] as Potapov
* [[Vladimir Menshov]] as Potapov
* [[Sergei Prokhanov]] as Student
* [[Sergei Prokhanov]] as Student
* [[Mikhail Pogorzhelsky]] as Urzhumov's assistant<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175879/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Магистраль (1983) Full Cast & Crew]</ref>
* Mikhail Pogorzhelsky as Urzhumov's assistant
* [[Yuri Demich]] as Sergei Kolobov
* [[Petr Shelokhonov]] as Chairman Gadalov
* Mikhail Pogorxhelsky as Aleksander Nikitych
* Igor Dmitriev as Igor Borisovich
* Era Ziganshina
* Aleksandr Lipov
* Boris Sokolov
* Arkadiy Trusov
<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175879/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Магистраль (1983) Full Cast & Crew]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 18:55, 17 December 2023

Magistral
Russian: Магистраль
Directed byViktor Tregubovich
Written by
Starring
CinematographyEduard Rozovsky
Edited byMargarita Shadrina
Music byAleksey Rybnikov
Production
company
Running time
93 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Magistral (Russian: Магистраль) is a 1983 Soviet railroad drama film based on the book "Zharkie peregony" by Vladimir Barabashov and directed by Viktor Tregubovich.[1][2][3]

Plot

Set in the 1980s Soviet Union, the film tells about a disastrous collision on the Siberian railway called "Magistral" and the chaotic circumstances pertinent to that accident. "Magistral" railway has many big and small problems, outdated infrastructure, inadequate management and poor resources under the Soviet bureaucracy. The railroad's throughput is lower than necessary, so one hasty decision sends a cargo train on a collision course with a passenger train. At the same time the alarm system fails and communication channels malfunction, so the top managers remain oblivious to the emerging disaster. Eventually the cargo train collides head on with passenger train causing much damage and human suffering. Soviet administration chairman summons the railroad management to a brainstorm meeting that concludes that the disaster was caused by systemic degradation of the railroad. [4]

Cast

[5]

References

  1. ^ О советском «кризисном» кино
  2. ^ 5 самых захватывающих отечественных фильмов-катастроф
  3. ^ Неисповедимы пути сообщения
  4. ^ Магистраль
  5. ^ Магистраль (1983) Full Cast & Crew
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