Coordinates of Death

Coordinates of Death

1986 · 78 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, War

The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.

Directed by Nguyễn Xuân Chân · Written by Aleksandr Lapshin

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Aleksandr Galibin Ivan Krutin
Lê Vân Mai
Đặng Lưu Việt Bảo Phong
Yuriy Nazarov Captain Shukhov
Tatyana Lebedeva Kate Francis
Huy Công Militiaman
Thu An The old mother
Mai Chau The woman carrying a baby
Aleksandr Filatov captured American pilot (uncredited)
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