A Trip Without a Load
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Based on the story of the same name by Sergei Antonov. The young journalist of the central newspaper Sirotkin came to the Siberian timber industry to write an essay about the glorious driver Khromov. But soon Sirotkin’s inquiring mind calculated the trick of Khromov, who, noting one kilometer in the vouchers, traveled a short route he knew only, draining the remaining gasoline from the curbside. Having revealed yet another fraud, in which the director was also involved, Sirotkin realized that he would not write an essay, but that he would be lucky with materials for the trial. This was announced by the authorities of the timber industry. Khromov himself took the journalist on the return trip...
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Cast
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Georgiy Yumatov
Nikolai Khromov
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Aleksandr Demyanenko
Sirotkin
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Arina
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Anatoliy Papanov
Akim Sevastyanovich
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Viktor
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Svetlana Kharitonova
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Boris Chirkov
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Nikolai Kryukov
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Irina Gubanova
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Nikolay Kuzmin
driver (uncredited)
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Sergey Dreyden
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Mikhail Dubrava
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Vladimir Vengerov Director · Sergei Antonov Writer Isaac Schwarts Composer
First release February 11, 1963 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Порожний рейс
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Original title
Порожний рейс
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 11, 1963
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No release date listed for United States.
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