There Is Such a Lad
| There Is Such a Lad | |
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| Directed by | Vasily Shukshin |
| Written by | Vasily Shukshin |
| Starring | Leonid Kuravlyov Lidiya Chaschina Larisa Burkova Renita Grigoryeva Nina Sazonova |
| Cinematography | Valeri Ginzburg |
| Music by | Pavel Chekalov |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
There Is Such a Lad (Russian: Живёт такой парень, romanized: Zhivyot takoy paren) is a 1964 Soviet romantic comedy film, directed by Vasily Shukshin.[1] The movie is based on Vasily Shukshin's collection of short stories.
Plot[edit]
The movie tells the story of an Altai truck driver Pashka Kolokolnikov (played by Leonid Kuravlyov) - a kind, funny, and outgoing person, who loves life.[2] He is a simpleton with a variety of gross provincial expressions and remarks, who likes to make fun of people and play practical jokes. But it turns out that he can also be a hero, when he prevents the explosion of a gasoline truck by risking his life.[3]
Awards[edit]
The film won the Lion of Saint Marco prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1964 for Best Children's Film and received an award at the All-Union Film Festival (Leningrad, 1964) for Best Comedy Film ("For the cheerfulness, lyricism and originality").[4]
Cast[edit]
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Pashka Kolokolnikov
- Lidiya Chaschina as Nastya Platonova
- Larisa Burkova as Katya Lizunova
- Renita Grigoryeva as a city woman
- Nina Sazonova as Anisya
- Anastasia Zuyeva as Marfa
- Bella Akhmadulina as journalist
- Boris Balakin as Kondrat Stepanovich
- Rodion Nakhapetov as Gena
- Viktor Filippov as collective farm chairman
- Ivan Ryzhov as Head tank farms
- Nikolai Fedortsov as Pasha friend
- Yevgeniy Teterin as teacher
- Natalia Gitserot as Leading fashion show
- Yuri Grigoryev as Oleg
- Elena Volskaya as nurse
- Nina Ivanova as Nina
References[edit]
- ^ Neil Cornwell, Reference Guide to Russian Literature Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9781134260706, 734 p.
- ^ Moscow TV Round-Up: White Sun of the Desert, Hipsters and The World of Czeslaw Milosz, Sept. 19 2016 themoscowtimes.com
- ^ a b kino/movie/sov/2229
- ^ "ВКФ (Всесоюзный кинофестиваль)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-07.
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