The early 20th century. A flood strikes a large American city on the banks of the Mississippi River. In a certain bar, several people find themselves trapped together in a small space, caught in a torrential downpour. They learn from weather reports that the storm has destroyed the dam and floodwaters have submerged much of the city. A rumor spreads that everyone taking refuge in the bar is doomed to die. Faced with the imminent danger, strange transformations occur in the people: wealthy cynics and grumbling bankrupts turn into individuals capable of empathy and love. In the final hours of their lives, they seek to be kinder, to care for each other. But when the threat of the flood dissipates, everything returns to the way it was...
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Vladimir Etush
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Yuriy Yakovlev
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Grigori Abrikosov
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Yelena Ivochkina
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Sergey Makovetskiy
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Alexander Ryshchenkov
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Vladimir Simonov
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Vyacheslav Shalevich
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Eugene Simonoff Director · Henning Berger Author Larisa Murashko Production designer
First release February 14, 1983 · Produced in Russia · Original title Потоп
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Central Television USSR
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Russia
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Original title
Потоп
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 14, 1983
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