- Time, Forward!
"Time, Forward!" (translit. "Vremya, vperyod!", _ru. Время, вперёд!) is the
Soviet 1965drama film directed bySofiya Milkina andMikhail Shveytser based on a novel with the same name and ascreenplay byValentin Katayev . ComposerGeorgi Sviridov , sound byLev Trakhtenberg . Runtime - 158 min. Production byMosfilm by the order ofGoskino .Sviridov's main theme for the film (of the same name) became the most recognisable music pieces of the Soviet era. It became a sort of
calling card of theSoviet Union . For a long time it was used as thesignature tune of "Vremya ", the TV news program onUSSR Central Television and Russian Channel One.The title is derived from
Vladimir Mayakovskiy 's poem "Good" ("Khorosho", _ru. Хорошо).Sviridov's theme was also used as backing music for
Guy Maddin 's 2000 short film,The Heart of the World .Plot summary
The action takes place in the
1930s . The film describes one day of theconstruction work ofMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (or "Magnitka ").Cast
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Sergei Yursky as "Margulies"
*Inna Gulaya
*Tamara Syomina
*Leonid Kuravlyov as "Korneev"
*Vladimir Kashpur as "Kanunnikov"
*Stanislav Khitrov as "Saenko"
*Yefim Kopelyan as "Nalbandov"
*Bruno Oja
*Tatyana Lavrova
*Aleksandr Yanvaryov
*Mikhail Kokshenov as "Kanunnikov"
*Yuri Volyntsev
*Viktor Sergachyov as "Semechkin"
*Larisa Kadochnikova
*Viktor Pavlov
*Igor Yasulovich
*Vadim Zobin
*German Kolushkin
*Aleksandr Lipov
* Viktor Markin as "Reporter"
*Radner Muratov as "Zagirov"
*Klara Rumyanova as "Lushka"
*Nadezhda Samsonova
* Nikolai Sergeyev
*Aleksandr Surin
*Boris Yurchenko External links
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