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Drama

The Edge

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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.

Release Date : 2010-09-23

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Rock Films

Production Country : Russia

Alternative Titles : KrayThe Edge

Cast

Vladimir Mashkov

Character Name : Ignat

Original Name : Владимир Машков

Gender : Male

Anjorka Strechel

Character Name : Elsa

Original Name : Anjorka Strechel

Gender : Female

Yulia Peresild

Character Name : Sofya

Original Name : Юлия Пересильд

Gender : Female

Sergey Garmash

Character Name : Fishman

Original Name : Сергей Гармаш

Gender : Male

Oleksiy Horbunov

Character Name : Kolyvanov

Original Name : Олексій Горбунов

Gender : Male

Vyacheslav Krikunov

Character Name : Stepan

Original Name : Вячеслав Крикунов

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Bashirov

Character Name : Zhilkin

Original Name : Александр Баширов

Gender : Male

Evgeniy Tkachuk

Character Name : Borka

Original Name : Евгений Ткачук

Gender : Male

Vladas Bagdonas

Character Name : Butkus

Original Name : Vladas Bagdonas

Gender : Male

Anna Ukolova

Character Name : Matilda

Original Name : Анна Уколова

Gender : Female

Ruben Karapetyan

Character Name : Sarkisyan

Original Name : Ruben Karapetyan

Gender : Male

Vadim Yakovlev

Character Name : paramedic

Original Name : Вадим Яковлев

Gender : Male

Axel Schrick

Character Name : Haneke

Original Name : Аксель Шрик

Gender : Male

Timm Sebastian Peltner

Character Name : Gustav

Original Name : Timm Sebastian Peltner

Gender : Male

Boris Lapidus

Character Name : stoker

Original Name : Boris Lapidus

Gender : Male

Tatyana Ryabokon

Character Name : Golovina

Original Name : Татьяна Рябоконь

Gender : Female

Ekaterina Zaychikova

Character Name :

Original Name : Ekaterina Zaychikova

Gender : Male

Svetlana Obidina

Character Name :

Original Name : Светлана Обидина

Gender : Female

Rinat Ibragimov

Character Name :

Original Name : Ринат Ибрагимов

Gender : Male

Mariya Odegova

Character Name :

Original Name : Мария Одегова

Gender : Female

Tagir Rakhimov

Character Name :

Original Name : Тагир Рахимов

Gender : Male

Nataliya Kadochnikova

Character Name :

Original Name : Наталия Кадочникова

Gender : Female

Pyotr Logachev

Character Name :

Original Name : Пётр Логачёв

Gender : Male

Elmira Kadysheva

Character Name :

Original Name : Elmira Kadysheva

Gender : Male

Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov

Character Name :

Original Name : Дмитрий Быковский-Ромашов

Gender : Male

Dmitry Petrushkov

Character Name :

Original Name : Dmitry Petrushkov

Gender : Male

Kirill Poluhin

Character Name :

Original Name : Кирилл Полухин

Gender : Male

Mariya Semyonova

Character Name :

Original Name : Мария Семёнова

Gender : Female

Sergey Malakhov

Character Name : zek

Original Name : Sergey Malakhov

Gender : Male

Dinara Yankovskaya

Character Name :

Original Name : Dinara Yankovskaya

Gender : Male

Semyon Belotserkovskiy

Character Name : local resident

Original Name : Семен Белоцерковский

Gender : Male

Artemiy Grinchenko

Character Name :

Original Name : Artemiy Grinchenko

Gender : Male

medved Stepa

Character Name :

Original Name : медведь Стёпа

Gender : Male

Reviews

W

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***Locomotive Breath in Siberia just after WW2*** In 1945 a disgraced Red Army train engineer, Ignat (Vladimir Mashkov), is assigned to a Labor Camp in Siberia, which houses former Soviet POWs that Stalin assumed collaborated with the enemy and need “re-educated.” His status immediately wins the affection of the in-house babe (Yulia Peresild), but Ignat sets his eyes on an abandoned steam engine cut off from use because of a washed-out bridge. The problem is a German refugee, Elsa (Anjorka Strechel), is using the locomotive as her residence. Then there’s the issue of getting the engine back across the broken bridge. Released in 2010, “The Edge” (or “Kray” transliterated from Russian) is a Russian film with English subtitles. If you favor (generally) realistic films that deal with trains or the northern wilderness, such as “The Way Back” (2010), “Transsiberian” (2008), “Dr. Zhivago” (1965) and “Runaway Train” (1985), I encourage you to check it out (a quality print is available on Youtube). The film dares to make a German female in postwar Russia a potential heroine and possible love interest. People forget that German citizens like her were just as much victims of the war, which is easy to overlook amidst the horror of Nazi invasion. This is a superb adventure drama with authentic locations and steam engines. It’s simultaneously brutal, adventurous, dramatic and amusing. Train lovers should eat it up. The film runs approximately 2 hours and was shot in Russia. GRADE: B+