A Crack in the Ice
A Crack in the Ice
Release: 1985-08-06
·Runtime: 90m
A comedy about injustice set in St Petersburg in 1839. The Tsar has tightened up security and mounted a round-the-clock guard at his palace - the Peter and Paul Fortress. Unfortunately for Private Postnikov, he hears the cries of a drowning man and goes to his rescue. The rest follows.
Cast
Robert Burbage
as Kokoshkin's Aide
Tim Barker
as Prisoner
Timothy Spall
as Pte. Postnikov
Michael Hordern
as The Storyteller
Don Henderson
as The Peasant
Tony Caunter
as Sgt. Platov
Garry Cooper
as 2nd Guard
Pete Postlethwaite
as Painter
Christopher Strauli
as Capt. Miller
Bryan Pringle
as Supt. of Police
Nicholas Gecks
as Svinin's Aide
Michael Troughton
as 1st Guard
Eric Richard
as Hospital Orderly
Freddie Jones
as Lt. Col. Svinin
Michael Bryant
as Gen. Kokoshkin
Benjamin Whitrow
as Capt. Kirov