713 Requests Permission to Land (Russian: 713-й просит посадку, romanized: 713 prosit posadku) is a 1962 Soviet disaster film. It was directed by Grigori Nikulin and filmed at Lenfilm studio.
The premiere took place on April 3, 1962.
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Synopsis
In an attempted political assassination, the crew of transatlantic flight 713 is poisoned by contaminated coffee, gradually rendering them unconscious, and leaving the plane to temporarily fly on autopilot. The passengers, however, remain oblivious. Soon the cockpit door is opened and the state of the crew is discovered and panic erupts. The aircraft begins losing altitude. A doctor, played by Vladimir Chestnokov, forces his way into the cockpit and regains control of the plane. Now he must guide the aircraft to a safe landing.
Cast
Vladimir Chestnokov as Richard Gunther, doctor-antifascist, hiding under the name of Philip Dubois
Otar Koberidze as unemployed lawyer Henry, JD (voiced the role of Artyom Karapetyan)
Lev Krugly as Jiri, journalist, and chronicler
Lyudmila Abramova as Eva Priestley
Nikolai Korn as secret service agent
Yefim Kopelyan as salesman, pharmacist
Lyudmila Shagalova as Teresa
Joseph Konopatsky as missionary
Vladimir Vysotsky as US Marine
Sergey Golovanov as American
Nina Agapova as American woman
Nonna Ten as Vietnamese girl
Vladimir Marev as crew commander
Eve Kivi as stewardess
Film distribution in USSR
In the Soviet box office in 1962, the film ranked 13th (27.9 million viewers).