On Thin Ice (1966 film) explained

On Thin Ice
Director:Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
Starring:Viktor Korshunov
Feliks Yavorskiy
Alexey Eybozhenko
Mikhail Gluzsky
Izolda Izvitskaya
Aleksey Alekseev
Music:Mieczysław Weinberg
Cinematography:Nikolay Olonovskiy
Editing:Aleksandra Kamagorova
Studio:Mosfilm
Distributor:Gosfilm
Runtime:175 minutes
Country:Soviet Union
Language:Russian

On Thin Ice is a 1966 Soviet spy film directed by Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh, based on Georgiy Bryantsev's 1961 book, which provided the first authoritative public description of counterintelligence group GUKR (SMERSH).[1] [2] [3]

Plot

Two NKVD agents fight foreign spies in the Oryol Oblast before and during the Second World War.[4]

Release

On Thin Ice was released in the Soviet Union on 26 September 1966.[5]

It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1966, with 42.5 million tickets sold.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kozhevnikov, A. IU. Крылатые фразы и афоризмы отечественного кино. January 15, 2004. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. 9785765425671. Google Books.
  2. Book: Раззаков, Федор. Скандалы советской эпохи. September 5, 2017. Litres. 9785425088208. Google Books.
  3. Web site: East Europe. January 15, 1965. East Europe Publishing Company. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Он смело шёл по тонкому льду | "Открытая газета". www.opengaz.ru.
  5. Web site: Po kruchym lodzie / Po tonkomu ldu. www.filmweb.pl.
  6. Web site: Kudryavtsev . Sergey . Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic) . Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате . Domestic Films in Soviet Film Distribution . . 4 July 2006 . ru . 4 February 2019.