A Fortress in the Mountains

A Fortress in the Mountains
Directed byVladimir Gerasimov
Konstantin Yudin
Written byNikolay Erdman
Mikhail Volpin
CinematographyTimofei Lebeshev
Music byAntonio Spadavekkia
Production
company
Release date
  • 7 November 1953 (1953-11-07)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

A Fortress in the Mountains (Russian: Застава в горах, romanizedZastava v gorakh) is a 1953 Soviet adventure film directed by Vladimir Gerasimov and Konstantin Yudin and starring Vladlen Davydov, Marina Kuznetsova and Yelena Shatrova.[1] It was made by Mosfilm using the Sovcolor process. It was the third most successful Soviet film at the box office that year, with attendance figures of 44.8 million.[2]

The film is an early Cold War action thriller, set in Central Asia.

  1. ^ Rollberg p.355
  2. ^ Hutchings p.29