Synopsis
Russian film transplanting the tragic tale of Donald Crowhurst into then-contemporary anti-capitalist thought.
Movie Information
- Director
- Nikita Orlov
- Writers
- Nikita Orlov, Vladimir Dunaev
- Release Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 91 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Adventure
- Language
- RU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (7 votes)
Top Cast
Leonhard Merzin
Donald Crowhurst
Elle Kull
Clare Crowhurst
Rostislav Yankovsky
Stanley Best
Girts Jakovlevs
Rodney Halworth
Uldis Lieldidzs
Nigel Tetley sailboat captain
Vytautas Tomkus
businessman
Andrei Kryukov
journalist
Vladimir Erenberg
Francis Chichester chief referee of the competition
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