Introduction

“Listen in the Compartments” is a film adaptation of the story of the same name by Soviet writer Vladimir Tyurin.

Also known as Slushat v otsekakh (original title) and Слушать в отсеках (Russian).

Outline

During military operations in 1943, a Soviet submarine destroys the enemy, but the crew also dies in battle. 40 years have passed, and the son of the submarine hero Nikolai Loginov also serves in the Navy. Taking part in command training to detect a target, he fails the task due to high moral principles. But the friendly mutual assistance of his comrades and the memory of his father’s feat help him prove his skill.

Cast

• Boris Shcherbakov … Filipp Loginov\Nikolay Loginov
• Igor Starygin … Sergey Zolotnitskiy
• Kirill Lavrov … Admiral
• Georgiy Martynyuk … Yuriy Schshukaryov
• Vitaliy Konyaev … Valentin Radko
• Stepan Starchikov … Igor Kazantsev
• Viloriy Pashchenko … Gennadiy Beryozin
• Igor Slobodskoy … Anzor Alavidze
• Aleksandr Kostylyov … Kiselyov
• Sergey Popovich … Fyodor Zaytsev
• Anatoliy Pereverzev … Nikolay Litvinenko (as Anatoli Pereverzyov)
• Igor Chernitskiy … Silych
• Aleksandr Gebdovskiy … Oleg Nikolayevich
• Vyacheslav Govallo … Wartime Boatswain
• Andrey Gusev … Wartime Sailor
• Mikhail Ignatov … Kapustin
• Taras Kirejko … Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich

Trivia

• The filming of the film “Listen in the Compartments” took place on the Crimean coast near Sevastopol.
  • The final shots are documentary footage of the Navy Day celebration in this city.
• Real submarines were used in the filming process: general filming took place on board the B-326 model, and torpedo loading was carried out using the B-36.
• A small anti-submarine ship and the patrol ship Pytlivy were also used.
• In order to avoid mistakes in the control of the boat, Captain 3rd Rank Osintsev took part in the command.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
• Producer(s):
• Writer(s):
  • Mikhail Kanyuka
  • Vladimir Karasyov
• Music:
  • Ivan Karabits
• Cinematography:
  • Nikolay Zhuravlyov
• Editor(s):
• Production:
  • Divzhenko Film Studios
• Distributor(s):
  • Gosteleradio USSR
• Release Date: 1985.
• Running Time: 131 minutes.
• Rating: 16+.
• Country: Soviet Union.
• Language: Russian.

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