Three Hours on the Road

1963 0h 26m RU

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★10.0TMDB · 1

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Synopsis

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A toboggan train is coming to the village from the construction site of a drilling rig: a tractor pulling a carriage on a snowy track. It's blizzarding, fuel is running out, the train gets off track, and the construction manager is in a bad mood: his wife has recently died of a heart attack, leaving behind a teenage son who is here. But the worse the weather gets, the warmer the relationship between the people. And help comes.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov
Nina Krachkovskaya
Valentina Kutsenko
Vladimir Marenkov
Ivan Savkin
Aleksandr Lebedev
Boris Yurchenko

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edmond Keosayan
Writers: Vadim Kozhevnikov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Edmond Keosayan, shot by Stanislav Zimnokh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Polina Chechyotkina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mikhail Ulyanov and Nina Krachkovskaya and Valentina Kutsenko carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt0173358 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Edmond Keosayan directs. Stanislav Zimnokh behind the camera. Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan scores. Polina Chechyotkina cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Edmond Keosayan, shot by Stanislav Zimnokh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Dzhon Ter-Tatevosyan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Polina Chechyotkina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mikhail Ulyanov and Nina Krachkovskaya and Valentina Kutsenko carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0173358 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.