Frenzied Bus
| Frenzied Bus | |
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| Directed by | Georgy Natanson[1] |
| Produced by |
Victor Freilich Victor Zolotarev |
| Written by |
Nikolai Krivomazov Georgy Natanson David Markish |
| Starring |
Ivars Kalniņš Igor Bochkin Anna Samokhina |
| Music by | Eugen Doga |
| Cinematography | Vadim Semenovykh |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gorky Film Studios (Soviet Union) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Frenzied Bus (Russian: Взбесившийся автобус, translit. Vzbesivshiysya avtobus) is a 1990 Soviet crime film. The story is based on real events that occurred December 1, 1988, when they were hijacking of a bus with children in Ordzhonikidze.[1]
Plot
Ordzhonikidze, 1988. Hackers hijack a passenger bus from the city bus station. Their leader, Pavell on the road for the work takes with him his wife Tamara, at the moment have no idea where they were going. They drove up to the city printing house, where the tour is a group of children with the teacher. Released from the press are invited to the guys on the bus to bring to school.
Meanwhile, the police reports on the intercom about the hijacking of the bus (on the capture of children is no one suspects). Hijacked Bus spotted by local KGB officers, heard on the radio of his official car ATC communications. Colonel Orlov decides to help the sister organization. The bus leaves the square in front of the local executive committee. Criminals seen them riding machine. As it opened fire from the broken window on the door of the bus. The bus driver was seriously wounded.
Cast
- Ivars Kalniņš as Colonel Valentin Orlov (voiced by Sergei Malishevsky)
- Igor Bochkin as Pavel Melkoyants, terrorist ringleader[2]
- Anna Samokhina as Tamara Fotaki, Pavel's wife
- Anna Tikhonova as teacher
- Amayak Akopyan as Zhila, terrorist
- Igor Kashintsev as Major General
- Emmanuil Vitorgan as Mr. Anouk, a member of the Israeli Foreign Ministry
- Boris Shcherbakov as Boris Vasilievich, a member of the USSR Foreign Ministry
- Alexander Kuznetsov as flight engineer
- Aristarkh Livanov as Viktor, Soviet Ambassador in Pakistan
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as pilot
Filming
Shooting on location the first half of the film (including scenes of the taking of child hostages) were performed for 26 days in Vladikavkaz, where there has been a real event. It was planned that the shooting of some scenes will take place in Israel, but instead the Director had in tel Aviv to replace Moscow. The Israeli foreign Ministry was filmed at the hotel Russia airport Ben Gurion in Sheremetyevo[2].
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