Directed by:
Mikhail KalatozovCinematography:
Leonid KalashnikovCast:
Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Krüger, Peter Finch, Massimo Girotti, Grigorij Gaj, Mario Adorf, Nikita Mikhalkov, Boris Khmelnitskiy, Yuri Solomin (more)Plots(1)
The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sean Connery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/923/164923225_79c00d.jpg)
Sean Connery
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Rock (1996)
The Untouchables (1987)
![Claudia Cardinale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268966_68e050.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
![Hardy Krüger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564140_178813.jpg)
Hardy Krüger
German Empire
Best movies:
To Each His Hell (1977)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
![Peter Finch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/392/164392671_0f382e.png)
Peter Finch
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
The Nun's Story (1959)
![Massimo Girotti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/448/448939_2592a8.jpg)
Massimo Girotti
Italy
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Anni difficili (1948)
![Grigorij Gaj](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/219/166219453_a9bde2.jpg)
Grigorij Gaj
Best movies:
Hamlet (1964)
The Red Tent (1969)
Boy posle pobedy (1972)
![Mario Adorf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/693/165693130_17b05e.jpg)
Mario Adorf
Switzerland
Best movies:
Apache Gold (1963)
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
![Nikita Mikhalkov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269803_4a1ef3.jpg)
Nikita Mikhalkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
A Cruel Romance (1984)
Burnt by the Sun (1994)
Boris Khmelnitskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Eve of Ivan Kupala (1968)
Lesnaya pesnya. Mavka (1981)
Naperekor vsemu (1972)
![Yuri Solomin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812654_2a2b6c.jpg)
Yuri Solomin
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Proshschay, Gyulsary! (1968)
The Red Tent (1969)
![Донатас Банионис](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494641_b1339d.jpg)
Донатас Банионис
Best movies:
King Lear (1970)
Solaris (1972)
Beware of the Car (1966)
![Otar Koberidze](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763557_759774.jpg)
Otar Koberidze
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Commissar (1967)
Oni shli na Vostok (1965)
The Red Tent (1969)
![Luigi Vannucchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677342_4e4844.jpg)
Luigi Vannucchi
Italy
Best movies:
The Red Tent (1969)
I giorni della violenza (1967)
Johnny Yuma (1966)
![Boris Goldaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533926_5f0fa8.jpg)
Boris Goldaev
Best movies:
Anna Karenina (1967)
The Red Tent (1969)
![Boris Klyuyev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/510/159510187_5b11f6.jpg)
Boris Klyuyev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora (1978) (TV movie)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980) (TV movie)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: Mortal Fight (1980) (TV movie)
Nikolay Smorchkov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
War and Peace (1965)
War and Peace: Part III (1967)
War and Peace: Part IV (1967)
![Leonid Kanevskiy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/867/162867700_91b8ae.jpg)
Leonid Kanevskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora (1978) (TV movie)
The Red Tent (1969)
Meri Poppins, do svidaniya! (1983) (TV movie)
Ted Rusoff (narrator)
Canada
Best movies:
Amarcord (1973) - narrator
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
The Big Racket (1976) - narrator
![Robert Rietty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486485_0071b5.jpg)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Nikolay Ivanov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Red Tent (1969)
Fartovyj (2006)
The Battle for Moscow (1985)