Underplayed Gems

Breakthrough (1986)

Breakthrough poster
Original title
Прорыв
Directed by
Dmitri Svetozarov
Genre
disaster film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Workers face a sudden disaster while digging a tunnel for the Leningrad Metro. The film shows their struggle to survive and contain the accident.

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What happens

Breakthrough (Russian: Прорыв, romanized: Proryv) is a 1986 Soviet disaster film directed by Dmitri Svetozarov. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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