"Kalotozov’s masterful follow-up to The Cranes are Flying follows a guide and three geologists through the virgin forests of Central Siberia as they search for diamonds. Success comes at a price: before the team can return to civilization, they are trapped in a vast forest fire. As they did with Cranes and later with I Am Cuba, Kalatozov and his cinematographer Sergei Urushevsky inspire the audience to consistently ask, “How’d they do that?” with their spectacular camera work." Quoting dryden.eastmanhouse.
| Release date: | May 1959 |
| Directed by: | Mikhail Kalatozov |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Editor: | N. Anikina |
| Cinematography: | Sergey Urusevsky |
| Screenplay by: | Viktor Rozov, Grigori Koltunov, Valeri Osipov |
| Genre: | Adventure |