Volunteers (1958 film)
Volunteers (Russian: Добровольцы, romanized: Dobrovoltsy) is a Soviet feature film released in 1958. It is based on the poetic novel of same name by Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky.[1]
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| Directed by | Yuri Egorov |
| Produced by | Vladimir Maron |
| Written by | Yuri Egorov Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky |
| Starring | Mikhail Ulyanov Pyotr Shcherbakov Leonid Bykov |
| Music by | Mark Fradkin |
| Cinematography | Igor Shatrov |
| Edited by | Ksenia Blinova |
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Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
The film takes place during the 1930s to 1950s. Three inseparable male friends – Kaitanov, Ufimtsev, and Akishin – voluntarily became the first builders of the Moscow Metro.[2] The film also tells the story of the friendship between three women: Olya, Masha, and Tanya. The main themes of the movie include the labor front, Spanish volunteer brigades, World War II, and post-war labor in peacetime. The film shows a variety of emotions: joy and sorrow, victory and loss, love and happiness.
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Nikolai Kaitanov[3]
- Pyotr Shcherbakov as Vyacheslav Ufimtsev
- Leonid Bykov as Aleksei Akishin
- Elina Bystritskaya as Olga Teplova, Kaitanov's wife[4]
- Lyudmila Krylova as Masha Suvorova, pilot-paratrooper
- Mikaela Drozdovskaya as Tanya, Ufimtsev's wife
- Maria Vinogradova as Sergeant Valya Kukhnarenko
- Lyudmila Ivanova as Komsomol's member
- Lyudmila Marchenko as Kaitanov Jr.'s girlfriend
- Svetlana Kharitonova as military regulator
- Nonna Mordyukova as subway builder
Awards
- All-Union Film Festival — Third Prize[5]
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