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At the Breaking Point

At the Breaking Point

Original Title: На переломе

19570m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1957

Runtime

0m

Storyline

After his father's death, teenager Viktor Tsaplin was sent by his stepmother, who suspected the boy of stealing watches, to an Odessa orphanage. The guys met the new guy unfriendly, and when the teacher's antique watch was missing, Victor was considered the culprit. After enrolling in a nautical school and once going to sea with tipsy fishermen, Victor crashes a boat. He is being expelled from the college. Deciding to start a new life and in a new place, Victor leaves to work as a fireman in Kamchatka.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
Not available
Dec 9, 1957
Languages
Russian
Director
Nikolai Lebedev
Nikolai Lebedev
Production
Lenfilm
Lenfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union

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