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Over Tissa (1958)

Over Tissa poster
Original title
Над Тиссой
Directed by
Dmitri Vasilyev
Genre
spy film, thriller film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet border guard investigates suspicious activity near the Tisza river. He must stop a foreign spy attempting to cross the border.

tensesuspensefulcold-war erapatrioticgrittydatedstarkfast-paced

What happens

Over Tissa (Russian: Над Тиссой, romanized: Nad Tissoy) is a 1958 Soviet spy thriller film directed by Dmitri Vasilyev and based on the eponymous book by Alexander Avdeenko. The picture was the box-office leader of the year 1958 in the USSR, it was seen by 45 million viewers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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