Hit Back

Hit Back
Directed by	Mikhail Tumanishvili
Written by	Yevgeni Mesyatsev
Starring	Boris Galkin Vadim Spiridonov Mihai Volontir Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov Aleksandr Pyatkov Yelena Glebova
Music by	Victor Babushkin
Production company	Mosfilm
Release dates	1981
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Hit Back (Russian: Ответный ход, translit. Otvetnyy khod) is a 1981 Soviet action movie directed by Mikhail Tumanishvili. It is a sequel to In the Zone of Special Attention.

Plot

This movie follows the story of a young soviet paratrooper Victor Tarasov - now a captain - who failed to protect the Chief of Staff of his regiment from 'enemy's' ambush while on big-scale 'war-play'; and now - with the help of soviet marines - it is his turn to hit back. And while soldiers play their games - generals play their own ones... ^[1]

Facts

It was one of the most attended movies in the Soviet Union in 1981, with an audience of approximately 31.3 million.^[2]

References

Notes

1. (Russian)Soviet Cinematography Institute Today's cinematography, vol.3 – 1985
2. Leaders of distribution (Russian)

Bibliography

• Peter Rollberg Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet cinema. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009 – 793 p. ISBN 0-8108-6072-4, ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8 (Page 742)

External links

• Hit Back at the Internet Movie Database
• Hit Back at AllMovie