1935. A plan is hatched at a railway depot to sabotage a record-breaking high-speed run that a young locomotive engineer, Mitya Orlov, has volunteered to undertake. The saboteurs attempt to cause a catastrophe by directing the trains of Mitya and his father, Vasily Orlov, toward each other on a collision course.

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Cast

Osip Abdulov

Арсений Юльевич

Oswald Glazunov

машинист Василий Макарович Орлов

Vasili Vanin

Ivan Pelttser

машинист Костров

Vladimir Solovyov

парторг депо Зима

Lazar Kaganovich

Self (documental footage)