Genres
Production Companies
NTV
Cinema Foundation of Russia
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Premier Studios
Once In The Desert (Однажды в пустыне)
Overview
The films follows a Syrian War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by ISIS militants while they prepare the recently liberated historic site of Palmyra to hold a symbolic concert of the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra. The peacekeeping event can only be held in Palmyra that has been severely damaged by the terrorists only if the ancient city and the roads leading to it are defused. The EOD team clears the way one kilometer at a time. But the closer they get to the center of Palmyra, the more destructive the explosives. Tension grows between the young team Captain and the most experienced of the EOD experts. And yet, despite their differences, when the team falls into an ambush and the Captain goes missing, it’s the experienced sapper that sets out to search for him.
Key Crew
Producer: Alexey Uchitel
Screenplay: Arif Aliev
Director: Andrey Kravchuk
Director of Photography: Morad Abdel-Fattakh
Top Cast
Aleksandr Robak
Pavel Chinaryov
Alexandr Metelkin
Ekaterina Nesterova
Igor Gordin
Polina Pushkaruk
Vitaliya Kornienko
