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Trial on the Road

Original title: Proverka na dorogakh
  • 19861986
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.3K
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Trial on the Road (1986)
  • Drama
  • War
The Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis.The Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis.The Russian POW joins the partisan guerrillas and proves his loyalty fighting the Nazis.
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Aleksey German
  • Writers
    • Yuri German(stories)
    • Eduard Volodarskiy
  • Stars
    • Rolan Bykov
    • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Vladimir Zamanskiy
Top credits
  • Director
    • Aleksey German
  • Writers
    • Yuri German(stories)
    • Eduard Volodarskiy
  • Stars
    • Rolan Bykov
    • Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Vladimir Zamanskiy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Rolan Bykov in Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Vladimir Zamanskiy in Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Rolan Bykov in Trial on the Road (1986)
    Trial on the Road (1986)
    Nikolay Burlyaev and Anda Zaice in Trial on the Road (1986)

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    Rolan Bykov
    Rolan Bykov
    • Ivan Egorovich Lokotkovas Ivan Egorovich Lokotkov
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    Anatoliy Solonitsyn
    • Igor Leonidovich Petushkovas Igor Leonidovich Petushkov
    Vladimir Zamanskiy
    Vladimir Zamanskiy
    • Alexander Ivanovich Lazarevas Alexander Ivanovich Lazarev
    Oleg Borisov
    Oleg Borisov
    • Victor Mikhailovich Solominas Victor Mikhailovich Solomin
    Fyodor Odinokov
    Fyodor Odinokov
    • The Old Mine-Layer - Erofeichas The Old Mine-Layer - Erofeich
    Anda Zaice
    Anda Zaice
    • Inga - the partisan-interpreteras Inga - the partisan-interpreter
    • (as Anda Zaytse)
    Gennadi Dyudyayev
    Gennadi Dyudyayev
    • Dmitry Mit'ka - a young partisanas Dmitry Mit'ka - a young partisan
    Mayya Bulgakova
    Mayya Bulgakova
    • An unhopeful woman-villageras An unhopeful woman-villager
    Nikolay Burlyaev
    Nikolay Burlyaev
    • The young auxiliary policemanas The young auxiliary policeman
    Viktor Pavlov
    Viktor Pavlov
    • Kutenko - an auxiliary police watchmanas Kutenko - an auxiliary police watchman
    Yuriy Dubrovin
    Yuriy Dubrovin
    • Col. Bolshakov - 'lieutenant Genka'as Col. Bolshakov - 'lieutenant Genka'
    Igor Klass
    Igor Klass
    • The Partisan-Estonianas The Partisan-Estonian
    N. Pokorsky
    • Director
      • Aleksey German
    • Writers
      • Yuri German(stories)
      • Eduard Volodarskiy
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    • Trivia
      The film was banned in the Soviet Union for 14 years and released only in 1985.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1985 (1997)

    User reviews7

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    8/10
    War inspired, but mostly about people in war
    I don't recall hearing any music in the film, except for people playing IN the film, not for the film. This is good, cause music distracts. War takes ordinary people to extraordinary situations where the real soul can be discovered. It felt natural for me to walk into the frame and participate in the dilemmas of everyone in the film. And I was not sure what I would have done in similar situations. I, simply, lack the capacity to fully absorb the depths of the soul searching in the film. It has not the brutality of Klimov, nor the conscience drama of Shepitko, but it has the same depth of penetration into the human soul at those defining moments. Just to set my scale, 10 goes to Andrei Rublev. It is NOT on a par with Klimov's "Come and see", nor with Shepitko's "Ascent".
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    • florinc
    • Feb 11, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Check-up on the Roads
    • Filming locations
      • Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Lenfilm Studio
      • Pervoe Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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