The Hot Snow

Based on the novel by Yuri Bondarev.

The film tells of only one battle of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 - of the battle on the Volga. The central story line follows the fate of the Soviet soldiers and officers of one artillery battery who, at the price of heroic endeavour and their own lives, did not let the enemy tanks come through.

Awards: 1973 – A. Dovzhenko Silver Medal went to author Yuri Bondarev, director / G. Yegiazarov, cinematographer F. Dobronravov and actor G. Zhzhyonov / 1975 – The Vassiliev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR was awarded to screenwriters Yu. Bondarev and Ye. Grigoryev, director and screenwriter / G. Yegiazarov, cinematographer F. Dobronravov, production designer V. Golikov, actors G. Zhzhyonov and B. Tokarev /

Box-office figures: 22.9 viewers

Special features: Interview with actor B.Tokaryv / photo album “In memory of G.Zhzhyonnov / filmographies / photo album

Title: THE HOT SNOW
Collection: Original Story by
Studio: Mosfilm
Year of release: 1972
Genre: war drama
Director: Gavriil Yegiazarov
Script: Gavriil Yegiazarov, Yuri Bondarev, Yevgeny Grigoryev
Camera: Fyodor Dobronravov
Music by: Alfred Schnittke
Cast: Valentin Grachyov (Nechayev), Alexander Arzhilovsky (Golovanov), Nikolai Yeryomenko Jr. (Drozdovsky), Georgy Zhzhyonov (Bessonov), Alexander Kavalerov (Sergunenkov), Anatoly Kuznetsov (Vesnin), Boris Tokarev (Lieutenant Kuznetsov), Tamara Sedelnikova (Tanya), Boris Rudnev, Bolot Beishenaliyev (Kasymov), Vadim Spiridonov (Deyev), Alexander Voevodin, Igor Ledogorov (Osin), Yuri Nazarov (Ukhanov), Alexei Pan’kin (Chubarikov), Gennady Korolkov (Arzhemachev), Vladlen Biryukov (Skorik), Konstantin Tyrtov (Rubin)
Running time: 105

Color Format System Sound Subtitles Zone
Colored 16:9 NTSC PAL MONO: RussianDOLBY DIGITAL 5.1: Russian, English (dubbed), French (dubbed) Russian, English. French, Spanish, German, Italian