CultureThe true story behind Moscow’s new big-budget racing movie

Ilya Malanin’s film “Battle of the Motors,” released in Russian theaters on October 8, dramatizes Russia’s first Monte Carlo Rally team. In 1912, Andrey Nagel and Vadim Mikhailov drove a Russo-Balt from St. Petersburg to Monaco, covering about 3,200 kilometers in winter in an open car without detailed road maps. The film draws on real events but takes artistic liberties; the race was a major achievement for Russian motorsport.

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