Introduction

Sekretnyi Farvater (aka “The Secret Fairway” or “Секретный фарватер”) is a Soviet four-part feature film based on the novel of the same name by Leonid Platov.

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Outline

The action takes place in Baltic Sea during WWII in 1944-1945.

The film tells about the commander of the torpedo boat Boris Shubin, who at the end of the war meets a mysterious German submarine without identification numbers. Hunting for this submarine, he learns about the secret fairway and the terrible secrets of the Third Reich.

Cast

• Anatoliy Kotenyov … Boris Shubin.
• Sergey Bystritskiy … Shurka Lastikov (adult).
• Larisa Guzeeva … Viktoria Mezentseva.
• Vyacheslav Bogatyrev … Lastikov v detstve.
• Boris Borisov … Ryshkov.
• Uldis Dumpis … Von Zwishen.
• Arunas Storpirstis … Neil.
• Andrey Gradov … Vasily Knyazev.
• Ivan Matskevich … Donchenko.
• Petr Sherekin … Diversant.
• Gediminas Girdvainis … Gotlib.
• Vidas Petkevicius … Geinz.
• Juris Gornavs … Venzel.

Trivia

• Filmed at the Odesa Film Studio in 1986.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Vladimir Karansky.
• Producer(s):
  • Vadim Kostromenko … producer.
• Writer(s):
  • Igor Bolgarin.
  • Viktor Smirnov.
• Music:
• Cinematography:
• Editor(s):
• Production:
  • Odessa Film Studios (as Odesskaya kinostudiya).
• Distributor(s):
• Release Date: 1986.
• Running Time: 240+ minutes.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: Soviet Union.
• Language: Russian.

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