Breakthrough (1986 film)

Breakthrough (Прорыв) is a 1986 Soviet disaster film directed by Dmitri Svetozarov.

Plot
The film shows a major accident that occurred during the construction of a tunnel leading to the fictional station Petrovskaya of Leningrad Metro. It is based on a similar accident in 1974, in the tunnel between stations Lesnaya and Ploschad Muzhestva, playing up its unique design and geological conditions.

Cast

 * Oleg Borisov — Head of Lenmetrostroi Boris Savelyevich Poluektov
 * Andrei Rostotsky — Martynov, head of the mine
 * Yuri Demich — Deputy. Chief of Lenmetrostroi Yurasov
 * Mikhail Danilov — Marchuk
 * Alexander Susnin — foreman Osmyorkin
 * Yury Kuznetsov — sinker Vyazigin
 * Andrey Krasko — Drifters Alexander and Bronislav Kostromins
 * Vladimir Baranov — sinker Sherstobitov
 * Valery Kravchenko — Morozov, the engineer of the mine electric locomotive
 * Natalia Akimova — wife of Martynov (daughter of Poluektov)
 * Yuri Soloviev — engineer Kostyrya
 * Ivan Agafonov — Comrade Serov, from the regional party committee