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 |
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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 comedy film, directed by Vasily Shukshin.[1] The movie is based on Vasily Shukshin's collection of short stories.
Plot[]
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[]
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[]
- Leonid Kuravlyov as Pashka Kolokolnikov
- as Nastya Platonova
- as Katya Lizunova
- Renita Grigoryeva as a city woman
- Nina Sazonova as Anisya
- Anastasia Zuyeva as Marfa
- Bella Akhmadulina as journalist
- as Kondrat Stepanovich
- Rodion Nakhapetov as Gena
- as collective farm chairman
- Ivan Ryzhov as Head tank farms
- as Pasha friend
- as teacher
- as Leading fashion show
- as Oleg
- as nurse
- Nina Ivanova as Nina
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- 1964 films
- Russian-language films
- Soviet films
- 1964 comedy films
- Soviet comedy films
- Russian comedy films
- Russian films
- Soviet black-and-white films
- Films directed by Vasily Shukshin
- Russian black-and-white films
- 1960s Soviet film stubs