| The Sannikov Land | |
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Oleg Dal and Vladislav Dvorzhetsky on the DVD cover of the film |
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| Directed by | Albert Mkrtchyan Leonid Popov |
| Written by | Vladislav Fedoseyev Vladimir Obruchev (novel) Mark Zakharov |
| Starring | Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Oleg Dal Yuri Nazarov Georgi Vitsin Makhmud Esambayev |
| Music by | Aleksandr Zatsepin |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Koroptsov |
| Editing by | Lyudmila Feiginova |
| Distributed by | Mosfilm |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Sannikov Land (Russian: Земля Санникова, Zemlya Sannikova; Finnish: Salattu maa) is a Soviet 1973 adventure film about the fictional Sannikov Land loosely based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Obruchev.
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The exiled settler Alexander Ilyin persuades the goldmines owner Trifon Perfilyev to sponsor the expedition dedicated to the searches of "Sannikov Land", a legendary warm land behind the Polar circle. Hoping that this land could be filled with gold, Perfilyev agrees. Few more daredevils volunteer for the mission. The finally gathered crew consists of Ilyin himself, officer Evgeniy Krestovskiy, Perfilyev's survant Ignatiy, who is given a task of killing every other crew member in case they'll truly find any gold, and Gubin, a Katorga runaway and a former doctor.
After a long travel they reach the volcanic land and meet the natives — a tribe of "Onkilon". However they soon find out that the volcano cools down quickly, and the legendary land is about to start to freeze so that every living creature on the island would be killed in process.
Film featured two highly popular songs, written by Aleksandr Zatsepin and Leonid Derbenyov and performed by Oleg Anofriyev. First of them achieved nearly a cult status: