Race of the Century

Russian film transplanting the tragic tale of Donald Crowhurst into then-contemporary anti-capitalist thought.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Russian

Spoken Language Russian

Gneres Adventure , Drama

Production Company Mosfilm

Release Date 20 October 1986

91 mins

Cast

Leonhard Merzin Donald Crowhurst

Elle Kull Clare Crowhurst

Rostislav Yankovsky Stanley Best

Girts Jakovlevs Rodney Halworth

Uldis Lieldidzs Nigel Tetley sailboat captain

Vytautas Tomkus businessman

Andrei Kryukov journalist

Vladimir Erenberg Francis Chichester chief referee of the competition

Natalya Guseva Rachel Crowhurst

Tin Lume radio operator

Vladimir Sapožnin Mayor of the city

Crew

Director

Nikita Orlov

Writers

Nikita Orlov

Vladimir Dunaev

Composer

Aleksey Rybnikov

Camera Operator

Boris Kocherov