The Height
The Height (Russian: Высота, Translit.: Vysota) is a 1957 Soviet drama film produced at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksander Zarkhi after the novel of the same name written by Evgeny Vorobyov. It stars Nikolai Rybnikov and Inna Makarova.
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| Directed by | Aleksander Zarkhi |
| Written by | Mikhail Papava |
| Based on | The Height by Yevgeni Vorobyov |
| Starring | Nikolai Rybnikov Inna Makarova Gennadi Karnovich-Valua Vasili Makarov Marina Strizhenova Boris Sitko |
| Music by | Rodion Shchedrin |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Monakhov |
Production company | |
Release date | 1957 |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
A team of steel erectors has been redeployed to a steel mill construction site in a small town. The head of the squad, Nikolay Pasechnik, is a shockworker of Socialist Labour and reputed to be a darling of the women and a quick wit. Welder Katerina Petrashen', working on the construction site as well, is to be considered a pretty girl of easy virtue: she smokes (considered as an immoral act), is not a member of the Komsomol, likes party-coloured dresses and behaves provocatively.
After Nikolay and Katerina got to know each other, they develop a mutual interest. Intrigues of the building site manager, who goes on a business trip at the most crucial moment of blast-furnace tube rising and who shifted then the responsibility for the failure on to the engineer, cost Nikolay his health.
When the young ironworker is hospitalized after falling from a great height, Katya gives word to stop smoking and to start a new life.
Cast
- Nikolai Rybnikov - Nikolay Pasechnik, foreman of fitters
- Inna Makarova - Katya Petrashen, welder
- Gennady Karnovich-Valois - Konstantin Maximovich Tokmakov, foreman from Zaporozhye
- Vasily Makarov - Igor Rodionovich Deryabin, Candidate of Science, Head of the Installation Department
- Marina Strizhenova - Masha, the wife of Deryabin
- Boris Sitko - Innokenty Panteleimonovich Dymov, Head of Construction
- Sergei Romodanov - father of Masha and Boris Berestov
- Elena Maksimova - mother of Masha and Boris Berestovyh
- Lev Borisov - Boris Berestov
- Leonid Chubarov - Vasya Khayenko, fitter