Vertical (1967)

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Vertical is a 1967 Soviet sports action adventure film directed by Stanislav Govorukhin and Boris Durov. With 32.8 million viewers it became one of the 1967 Soviet box office leaders. The film was a directorial debut for both Govorukhin and Durov. It was also the first movie where Vladimir Vysotsky worked as a composer and songwriter. His songs became extremely popular, they were immediately released on the extended play and gave a start to his musical career.

Production

According to the memoirs of Sergei Tarasov, the script was based on the story of his brother-in-law Vladimir Kopalin, who climbed Lenin Peak in 1965: "I had a story not about people climbing mountains, but about an unknown soldier, so to speak, who did the most difficult work in the mountains to prove that he was not to blame in the tragedy that happened on the last ascent." Tarasov was not inspired by the footage, but after meeting Vysotsky, the…

The film was shot in the Elbrus region in July–December, 1966 in black and white. In order for the actors to be able to play climbers qualitatively, special training was conducted for them: they mastered the ice axe, lived in tents, learned to walk as a rope team, climbed to a height of 3000 meters and passed all climbing standards. After the filming was completed, the actors received badges "Climber of the USSR".

Vladimir Vysotsky was invited to play a radio operator after Yuri Vizbor refused to shoot. Vysotsky was bribed by the opportunity to become a singer-songwriter for the film.

When you ask climbers why do they storm the peaks, no one can explain. Eliseev, Honored Master of Sports in Mountaineering, replied to my question, why he once climbed the mountains for the first time and why he still does it: "First, to check what kind of person I am.

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