Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase

Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase

74 mins | Drama, War | March 1, 1980

The film is set during World War II. After capturing the "trophy" Mercedes, a group of scouts, disguised as German officers commits a daring raid behind enemy lines (the 116th Motorized Division) on roads controlled by the enemy.

Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase

74 mins | Drama, War | March 1, 1980

Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase
The film is set during World War II. After capturing the "trophy" Mercedes, a group of scouts, disguised as German officers commits a daring raid behind enemy lines (the 116th Motorized Division) on roads controlled by the enemy.
Producers Dovzhenko Film Studios
Original title «Мерседес» уходит от погони
Directors Yuri Lyashenko
Writers Igor Shevtsov

Cast

German Yushko

as Vladimir Loktev, captain, team leader

Mykhaylo Holubovych

as Vasya Golovin, driver (voiced by actor Pavel Morozenko)

Anatoliy Rudakov

as Lenya Mikhailov, radio operator

Igor Livanov

as Sasha Ermolenko, translator

Anatoli Barchuk

as Bordzii

Boris Yurchenko

as Kompaniets

Arnis Līcītis

as Schulte, captured German lieutenant

Volodymyr Horianskyi

as German soldier / german soldier

Vilori Pashchenko

as Shaleikis

Anatoli Vasilyev

as army chief of staff

Yuri Matsarev

as Nikitin, colonel

Heino Mandri

as Abt, German Colonel

Rein Kotkas

as Dealer, German artist

Jānis Melderis

as Dietrich, German major

Boris Boldyrevsky

as airplane mechanic

Valentin Kobas

as german prisoner

Yuriy Mysenkov

as adjutant Nikitina

Margarita Koshelyova

as Melanya Petrovna

Igor Bezgin

as soviet colonel

Juozas Kiselius

as german officer

Mikhail Ignatov

as kraut

Viktor Pavlovsky

as driver Schulte

Olha Reus-Petrenko

as executed wife

Leonid Yanovskyi

as lieutenant colonel

Nikolay Savitsky

as Bleicher, German non-commissioned officer

Evgeny Baturin

as rustic old man