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Countermeasure (1974)

Countermeasure poster
Original title
Ответная мера
Directed by
Vadim Kostromenko
Genre
drama film, biographical film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A political drama about Cold War tensions during the construction of oil and gas pipelines from Siberia to Europe. It shows Soviet officials and workers dealing with industrial and diplomatic challenges.

slow-burntenseseriousunsettlingcerebralcold-war-eramethodicalpolitically charged

What happens

Countermeasure (Ukrainian: «Відповідна міра», romanized: Vidpovidna mira, Russian: «Ответная мера», romanized: Otvetnaya mera, Hungarian: Ellenintézkedés, German: Gegenmaßnahme) is a 1974 Soviet political drama about the events around construction of oil and gas pipelines from Siberia to Europe during the Cold War. Principal photography occurred at the Odesa Film Studio, in Odesa, UkSSR with additional photography occurring in Chelyabinsk and at the Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant in Pervouralsk, RFSR. The film was produced and distributed by the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (known as Goskino), the central state body for film production in the USSR. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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