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Feature film — 2010

The Edge (2010)

5.81h 55mDrama

The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the defeated, and vice versa. Ignat, is the embodiment of the larger-than-life image of the Soviet victorious warrior who, in fact, proves to be shell-shocked, sick and broken, although not completely destroyed. Trains become fetish for the heroes of the film, and speed becomes a mania; they virtually become one with their steam engines, while the machines take on human names. The heroes set up an almost fatal race in the Siberian forest, risking their own lives and those of others.

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Director: Alexey Uchitel

On screen

Cast & crew

Vladimir Mashkov as Ignat

Vladimir Mashkov

Ignat

Anjorka Strechel as Elsa

Anjorka Strechel

Elsa

Yulia Peresild as Sofya

Yulia Peresild

Sofya

Sergey Garmash as Fishman

Sergey Garmash

Fishman

Oleksiy Horbunov as Kolyvanov

Oleksiy Horbunov

Kolyvanov

Vyacheslav Krikunov as Stepan

Vyacheslav Krikunov

Stepan

Aleksandr Bashirov as Zhilkin

Aleksandr Bashirov

Zhilkin

Evgeniy Tkachuk as Borka

Evgeniy Tkachuk

Borka

Vladas Bagdonas as Butkus

Vladas Bagdonas

Butkus

Anna Ukolova as Matilda

Anna Ukolova

Matilda

R

Ruben Karapetyan

Sarkisyan

Vadim Yakovlev as paramedic

Vadim Yakovlev

paramedic