Creative Leadership — Directorial and writing contributions shaping the narrative.
Director Shvachko — Aleksei Shvachko directs the adventure film.
Script Author — Yevhen Onopriyenko writes the original Russian script.
Musical Composition — Audio and score development for the film.
Composer Basner — Veniamin Basner composes the musical score.
Sound Design — Audio elements integrated during post-production.
Principal Cast — Lead actors carrying the film's narrative weight.
Bykov Performance — Leonid Bykov stars in a lead role.
Mykolaichuk Role — Ivan Mykolaichuk shares the lead performance.
Studio Production — Organizational and logistical framework.
Dovzhenko Studios — Primary production and distribution hub.
Soviet Context — Filmed within the USSR production system.
Release Parameters — Distribution timeline and format specifications.
1968 Premiere — Film released in the target year.
80 Minute Runtime — Standard feature length finalized.
Historical Placement — Cinematic context and legacy documentation.
Kubrick Comparison — Noted alongside 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Russian Cinema Archive — Cataloged among thousands of Russian films.
WWII, 1945. There are fights for the city on the Danube. The river is mined by the Germans, and this fetters the action of our troops. In addition, a city with a million people was left without food. And downstream are Soviet food barges. The command instructs the reconnaissance group a difficult and dangerous operation — to obtain from the enemy a map of the mined sections of the river, which requires penetrating into the city captured by the Germans.
