A Span of Land
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The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...
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Aleksandr Zbruev
Aleksandr Motovilov
Known for
To Kill a Dragon
Elliya Sukhanova
Rita Tamashova
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Evgeniy Urbanskiy
Alexei Babin
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
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Sergei Kurilov
Bryl
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Mikhail Vorontsov
Afanasy Makletsov
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Aleksandr Titov
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Viktor Suskin
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Anatoli Golik
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Also in
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Leonid Chubarov
Sinyukov
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
Aleksey Zaytsev
Kokhanyuk
Known for
Bimmer
Lev Durov
Sergeant
Known for
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
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Yuri Volyntsev
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Known for
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Andrey Smirnov Director · Boris Yashin Director Grigori Baklanov Writer
First release December 21, 1964 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Пядь земли
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Пядь земли
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 21, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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