Faster Than Own Shadow

Overview

Petr Korolev is a metallurgical engineer and a runner member of the Soviet Union Olympic team. Thanks to his perseverance and willpower, he earned the right to participate in international competitions in athletics. During his preparation for the Moscow Olympic Games, an unforeseen event during a race caused his rival, a world record holder in long distance running Rolf Schmidt to leave the race. When realizing the accident, Korolev also leaves and helps Schmidt to get up. From that behavior is born his friendship with the rival runner. Korolev's consecration takes place right at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where he gets the gold medal, beating his world-record friend.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 12, 1980

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Production

Gorky Film Studios

Cast

Yuriy Dumchev,Elena Tsyplakova,Sergey Rubeko,Aleksandr Abramov,Aleksandr Fatyushin,Anatoli Mateshko,Aleksey Vanin

Director

Pavel Lyubimov

Writer

Dal Orlov,Yu. Tyurin,Robert Rozhdestvensky,Sara Rubinstein,A. Yefimenko

Producer

Aleksandr Budkevich

Cinematography

Vladimir Lipovoy

Music

Aleksandr Zhurbin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0080483