The Red Tent (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Red Tent

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image_size = 200px
caption = Soviet billboard theatrical poster of the film
director = Mikhail Kalatozov
producer = Franco Cristaldi
Victor Freilich
writer = Richard L. Adams
Ennio De Concini
Robert Bolt (uncredited)
narrator =
starring = Sean Connery as "Roald Amundsen"
Claudia Cardinale
Peter Finch
Nikita Mikhalkov
Yuri Vizbor
Donatas Banionis
music = Ennio Morricone (international version)
Aleksandr Zatsepin
cinematography = Leonid Kalashnikov
editing = John Shirley
Peter Zinner
distributor = Mosfilm
Vides Cinematografica
Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video
Paramount Home Video
Paramount Pictures
Sovexportfilm
released = flagicon|USSR 1969
flagicon|Italy 23 December, fy|1969
flagicon|Japan 19 September, fy|1970
flagicon|Poland May fy|1971
flagicon|USA 29 July, fy|1971
flagicon|Finland 10 September, fy|1971
flagicon|West Germany 15 October, fy|1971
flagicon|Sweden 17 January, fy|1972
flagicon|Hungary 3 February, fy|1972
runtime = 158 min (Russian version) / 121 min (International version)
country = flagicon|USSR USSR / flagicon|Italy Italy / flagicon|UK United Kingdom
language = Russian / Italian / English
budget = $10,000,000
gross =
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amg_id = 1:40753
imdb_id = 0067315

The Red Tent (translit|"Krasnaya palatka", _ru. Красная палатка, _it. La tenda rossa, _es. La tienda roja) is a joint Soviet/Italian fy|1969 film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.

The film is based on a story of a mission to rescue Umberto Nobile. It features Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen and Nikita Mikhalkov as Krasin icebreaker pilot.

International version of the film features original music by Ennio Morricone, with Dino Asciolla as violin solo and Bruno Nicolai as the conductor.

Film was nominated for 1972 Golden Globe award as the best English-language foreign film.

Vladimir Visotskiy wrote a song (a separate entity, not for a film) about Sean Connery's visit to USSR for the filming process. He was one who met Connery at the airport. [http://sean-connery.narod.ru/pesn.html]

Cast

* Sean Connery as "Roald Amundsen"
* Claudia Cardinale as "Nurse Valeria"
* Hardy Krüger as "Aviator Lundborg"
* Peter Finch as "General Umberto Nobile"
* Massimo Girotti as "Romagna, rescue mission coordinator"
* Luigi Vannucchi as "Captain Zappi"
* Mario Adorf as "Biagi, radio operator"
* Eduard Martsevich as "Finn Malmgren, meteorologist officer"
* Grigori Gaj as "Samoilovich, Captain of the Russian Krasin icebreaker"
* Nikita Mikhalkov as "Chuknovsky, icebreaker pilot"
* Nikolai Ivanov as "Kolka, radio amateur"
* Boris Khmelnitsky as "Viglieri"
* Yuri Solomin as "Troiani"
* Yuri Vizbor as "František Běhounek"
* Donatas Banionis as "Mariano"

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067315/ Krasnaya palatka] at IMDB
* [http://sean-connery.narod.ru/redtent.html The Red Tent] at sean-connery.narod.ru ru icon