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The train stopped – Soviet feature film, drama directed by Vadim Abdrashitov

Production: Mosfilm studio, 1982

Filmmaker: V.Abdrashitov

Scriptwriter: A.Mindadze

Starring: O. Borisov, A. Solonitsyn, M. Gluzsky, N.Ruslanova, L. Zaitseva, N.Skorobogatov

Duration:96 minutes

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Narrative:

Действие фильма «Остановился поезд» происходит в начале 80-х годов. На участке железной дороги происходит чрезвычайное происшествие: скорый пассажирский поезд в ночное время сталкивается со сцепом из шести железнодорожных платформ. Машинист поезда, увидев приближающиеся платформы, начал экстренное торможение, но избежать столкновения не удается. Перед аварией, он приказывает своему помощнику покинуть локомотив, сам погибает, оставаясь на своем посту до конца.

Investigator Ermakov arrives to investigate the incident, but he encounters strong opposition from the management of the section of the road where the accident occurred. Emergency, and the local city authorities. Ermakov understands that this emergency occurred not due to someone's malicious intent, but due to the criminal negligence of road officials, from the switchman to the manager.

Coupler Panteleev, in violation of the instructions, put one shoe instead of two, explaining that everyone always did it that way. The depot manager released a diesel locomotive with a faulty speedometer because its technical controller was absent from work. The technical controller did not show up for work that day because he had partied hard at a wedding the day before.

The chain of these fatal, but criminal and negligent actions led to the train crash and the death of the driver, but the city authorities decided to hush up the matter and began to put pressure on Ermakov to close the case faster. No one wanted to wash their dirty linen in public, because Ermakov had exposed blatant sloppiness and criminal negligence, which could subsequently lead to even more tragic consequences.

But the local authorities don't even want to hear it, instead, the media actively promotes the feat of the engineer, who stopped the train and saved passengers at the cost of his life. Ermakov realized that the authorities are trying to cover up the sloppiness and negligence that reigned not only on the railway with the heroism of the engineer...