The Death of the 31st Division is the Soviet two-part color television movie of the Estonian director Peeter Urbla, filmed in 1980 by the Tallinnfilm studio by order of the USSR State Television and Radio . Its premiere took place on Soviet television on June 13, 1980 [1] . The script of the film was written based on the 1964 novel “The Murder on the 31st Floor” by the Swedish writer Pehr Valö ( 1964 Mord på: a våningen ).
| The death of 31 departments | |
|---|---|
| Mõrv 31. korrusel | |
| Genre | detective thriller crime film |
| Producer | Peeter Urbla |
| Author script | Peeter Urbla |
| In the main cast | Lembit Ulfsack Ivan Krasko Aarne Yukskula Yuri Yarvet Heino Mandry |
| Operator | Valery Blinov |
| Composer | Rain Rannap |
| Film company | USSR Radio and Television Tallfilm |
| Duration | 134 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | Russian |
| Year | 1980 |
| IMDb | ID 0193191 |
Content
Story
In an unnamed country, the leadership of the largest media concern receives an anonymous letter, allegedly from terrorists, which says that a bomb is planted in the main building of the concern, the Press House, which will soon explode. The management of the concern orders the evacuation of the Press House, and calls the police. Police inspector Jensen commands the evacuation of the entire building. The explosion did not occur, but the concern suffered heavy financial losses due to the downtime of the media in the building, and its head demands that the police conduct an investigation and find the attackers who sent the letter. Explosion threat situations are not reported to the public. The police chief instructs Inspector Jensen to investigate as soon as possible. He begins the investigation, but notices that he is being monitored. In addition to the surveillance he discovered, he was surprised to learn that there was a special secret department in the concern, who did not know what, the existence of which was known to only a few people, located on the 31st floor of the building. The employees of this department were forbidden to evacuate during an explosion threat by order of the management of the concern. Gradually, Jensen identifies six crime suspects. Interrogations of suspects soon lead to the recognition of one of them that he is the author of the threatening letter, and the investigation is nearing the end, but the alleged culprit suddenly dies in the detention center. The result of further investigation is the conclusion of Jensen that there are other threats, not only for the concern, but also for society as a whole.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lembit Ulfsack | Police Inspector Jensen (voiced by Alexander Demyanenko ) |
| Ivan Krasko | Police officer |
| Heino Mandry | the first director of the concern (the role was voiced by Igor Efimov ) |
| Ann clooren | doctor |
| Omar Volmer | head of concern |
| Ago Roo | publisher |
| Margus Touling | Secretary of State |
| Eino Baskin | Raphael Crank |
| Aarne Yukskula | Gunnar Blindt |
| Yuri Yarvet | Karl Brenner (voiced by Alexei Kozhevnikov ) |
| Jaan Ruus | Jan Schmidt |
| Alice Talvik | Anne Hallman |
| Annika Tynuri | Julia Kvalheim (the role was voiced by Love Virolainen ) |
| Yuri Yarvet (Jr.) | Ben gottlieb |
| Maria Klenskaya | brunette |
| Aldo Tammsaar | Rolf |
| Vello janson | sergeant |
| Rita Pavel | Martha |
| Fred raudberg | printing officer |
| Anne Teitser | the girl in the villa |
| Ilmar Oyaloo | security guard |
| Martin Weinmann | reviewer |
| Matti Milius | trumpeter |
| Peeter Simm | policeman |
| Kaye Mihkelson | girl at the police station |
| Mare Garshnek | secretary |
| Marye Taska | secretary |
| Hans Caldoya | man with a microphone |
Camera crew
- Script writer - Peeter Urbla
- Stage Director: Peeter Urbla
- Director of photography - Valery Blinov
- Set Designer: Ando Keskkula
- Composer - Rain Rannap
- Sound Engineer - Kadi Muyur
- Director - Meeri Kress
- Second Director - Airi Caser
- The second cameraman - Rhine Kalmus
- Assistant operator - Rain Pruul
- Editing - Maryu Yukhkum
- Sound Engineer - Henn Eller
- Make-up artist - Marie-Ann Toover
- Costume Designer - Meelis Wolp
- Chief Set Designer - Helv Halla
- Combined Shooting - Tatyana Putnik (cameraman)
- Consultant - Yuri Muyur
- Script Editor - Toomas Raudam
- Editor of Russian synchronous text - Boris Pustyntsev
- The author of the dialogues in Russian is Boris Pustyntsev
- Photographer - Oti Vasemaa
- Headlight - Anne Laats
- The director's group is Tiina Javeer (assistant director), Airi Caser (first assistant director),
- Assistants:
artist - Ella Ruizo - Administrative group - Ilya Kogerman (deputy director), Valery Petlyovanny (senior administrator)
- Director of the picture - Veronika Bobossova
Recognition and Rewards
The film won a prize for directing its debut at the 1981 All-Union Festival of Television Films in Yerevan [2] .
In 1983, the film took part in the Estonian SSR ( USSR ) Film Festival, at which director Peeter Urbla received a diploma for the successful development of the film detective story of a political detective [3] .
Notes
- ↑ “Murder on the 31st Floor Part I (1979)” - Eesti filmi andmebaas . efis.ee. Eesti filmi andmebaas. Date of treatment April 2, 2019.
- ↑ "Death of the thirty-first department" . The article . Online encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius. Date of treatment March 31, 2019.
- ↑ “Murder on the 31st Floor Part I (1979)” - Eesti filmi andmebaas . efis.ee. Eesti filmi andmebaas. Date of treatment April 2, 2019.
Links
- " The death of the 31st department " (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- “The death of 31 departments” (English) on the site allmovie
- Murder on the 31st Floor Part I (1979). Eesti Filmi Andmebaas )
- Murder on the 31st Floor Part II (1980). Eesti Filmi Andmebaas )