About the film: year - 1963 / 1 hour 41 min drama / fantasy / The plot of the film "On duty": Pavel Ivanovič Strumilin is an honored polar pilot aviation, works with a young colleague Pavle Bogačev, the son of his long-time friend in the front line. Pavel loves his profession just like Strumilin and is proud to help people. One day, the pilots are given a task - to remove the polar scientists from the ice floe that broke away. During the flight, Strumilin gets a heart attack. The film "On Duty" is based on the story of the same name by Julian Semenov.