Kray

Sep 23 2010 Not Rated 2h 4m
Adventure, Drama, History

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Aleksandr Gonorovskiy, Gerard Michael MacCarthy

Directed by

Aleksey Uchitel

Cast

Vladimir Mashkov, Anjorka Strechel, Yuliya Peresild

Crew

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Production Countries

Russia

Production Companies

Rock Films

Languages

Awards

9 wins & 16 nominations

Trailers
Official trailer of an Alexey Uchitel film "THE EDGE''
Scores
# of Votes
3,285
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA