The Height
| The Height | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Aleksander Zarkhi |
| Written by | Mikhail Papava |
| Based on |
The Height by Yevgeni Vorobyov |
| Starring |
Nikolai Rybnikov Inna Makarova Gennadi Karnovich-Valua Vasili Makarov Marina Strizhenova Boris Sitko |
| Music by | Rodion Shchedrin |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Monakhov |
Production company | |
Release dates | 1957 |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Height (Russian: Высота, Translit.: Vysota) is a 1957 Soviet drama film produced at Mosfilm and directed by Aleksander Zarkhi after the novel of the same name written by Evgeny Vorobyov. It stars Nikolai Rybnikov and Inna Makarova.
Synopsis
A team of steel erectors has been redeployed to a steel mill construction site in a small town. The head of the squad, Nicholay Pasechnik, is a shockworker of Socialist Labour and reputed to be a darling of the women and a quick wit. Welder Katerina Petrashen', working on the construction site as well, is to be considered a pretty girl of easy virtue: she smokes (at the time, it was the height of immorality!), is not a member of the Komsomol, likes party-coloured dresses and behaves provocatively.
After Nikolay and Katerina got to know each other, they develop a mutual interest. Intrigues of the building site manager, who goes on a business trip at the most crucial moment of blast-furnace tube rising and who shifted then the responsibility for the failure on to the engineer, cost Nikolay his health.
When the young ironworker is hospitalized after falling from a great height, Katya gives word to stop smoking and to start a new life.