Transit
Genres
Overview
A group of American pilots from Alaska ferry Airacobra fighter planes across the ocean on Lend-lease. The orderly course of life is disrupted when it becomes clear that the American pilots are attractive and charming young women. The feelings of the Russian young men collide into barriers of culture and language resulting in a host of awkward, funny, and sometimes tragic situations.It is the story of Russians, Americans, and natives of the Far North. It is the story of man and woman in war. Love and death are squeezed between the hills as human fates are destroyed and born.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
140 min
Release Date
2006-06-04
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
13
Vote Average
4.923
Aleksey Serebryakov
Captain Yurchenko
Daniil Strakhov
Captain Lisnevsky
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Irina Zareva
Svetlana Stroganova
Valentina
Stepan Abramov
Fitil
Marina Aleksandrova
Artem Volobuev
Salo
Andrey Shibarshin
Yuriy Itskov
Svist
Mikhail Sivorin
Bologov
Yuriy Orlov
Kirill Ulyanov
Dmitry Lysenkov
Zakhar Ronzhin
Andrey Fomin
Ivan Prill
Sergey Medvedev
Yakov Petrov
Aleksandr Orlovskiy
Anna Rud
6.2
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6.7
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6.1
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5.9
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6.9
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6.8
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6.3
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7.0
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5.6
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5.5
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7.3
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5.4
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8.2
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0.0
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6.5
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8.5
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7.2
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6.3
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5.6
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0.0
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