Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches

Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (Russian: Не болит голова у дятла) is a 1974 Soviet drama film directed by Dinara Asanova.^[1][2][3]

Plot[]

This film is about a young teen drummer nicknamed "The Fly", who constantly lives in the shadow of his brother, a famous basketball player. The Fly's neighbors try to take away his drumkit, but it is saved by his neighbor violinist. Eventually, another neighbor manages to throw his drumkit out the window and break it, but The Fly recovers again and forms his own band. The Fly is also in love with a girl named Ira. They are friends, but get into arguments frequently. Ira lends The Fly a pebble talisman. One day, Ira lets slip that she only became interested in The Fly because of his brother, and they get into a fight. Soon after that, Ira's father gets a new posting, and she has to move with him to another city. However, before she leaves, she has a friend deliver a letter to The Fly apologizing for what said. The Fly rushes to the train station to give Ira back the talisman and say goodbye, but it's too late. The movie ends with The Fly running after the train. ^[4]

Cast[]

• as Seva 'Fly' Muhin
• as Ira Fedorova (as Lena Tsyplakova)
• Aleksandr Bogdanov as Leva 'Baton' Bulkin (as Sasha Bogdanov)
• as Kapa Tararuhina
• Denis Kozlov as Misha
• Andrey Nikitin as Gavrila
• as Dasha (as Olya Shishkina)
• Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Tatyana Petrovna
• Nikolay Grinko
• as Mukhina^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches at IMDb