Soviet Border
About Soviet Border
A border river splits the Soviet Far East from Manchukuo. White Guards live in a small village on the Manchurian bank. The Vlasov family lives on the Soviet bank. The White Guards cross to destroy the Vlasovs and break into the house. Captain Tarasov brings a border detachment across to them. The fight that follows is long.
Cast & crew
More about Soviet Border
Aleksandr Ivanov directed and wrote the 1938 Lenfilm picture from literary material by Pyotr Pavlenko. Vladimir Rapoport photographed it. Venedikt Pushkov wrote the music. The Russian title is Na granitse. Yelena Tyapkina, Zoya Fyodorova, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Erast Garin, Stepan Krylov, and Yuri Lavrov are in the cast.
Themes
Background
The story is set on the Far Eastern frontier with Manchukuo, the Japanese client state established in Manchuria in 1932. The raiders in this telling are White Guards living on that bank.
Making
Lenfilm staged the river as the whole geography: one family on the Soviet bank, the White Guard village opposite, and Tarasov's men as the relief.
Look
Vladimir Rapoport photographed the river bank, the raid on the Vlasov house, and the long fight with Tarasov's detachment.
Music
Venedikt Pushkov composed the score.
Preservation
A 104-minute print survives.
Notes
- The Russian title is На границе.
- The attackers are White Guards living on the Manchukuo bank of the river.
- Pavlenko supplied the literary material. Ivanov is credited with the script as well as the direction.
- The battle starts inside the Vlasov house and continues with Tarasov's detachment.
Scenes
- White Guards cross the border river and force the Vlasov door.
- Captain Tarasov arrives with the border detachment.
- The fight stretches on after the house is reached.
Influenced by
- Literary material by Pyotr Pavlenko