There Is Such a Lad

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.

There Is Such a Lad
Directed byVasily Shukshin
Written byVasily Shukshin
StarringLeonid Kuravlyov
Lidiya Chaschina
Larisa Burkova
Renita Grigoryeva
Nina Sazonova
Music byPavel Chekalov
CinematographyValeri Ginzburg
Production
company
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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

[3]

  • 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
  1. Neil Cornwell, Reference Guide to Russian Literature Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9781134260706, 734 p.
  2. Moscow TV Round-Up: White Sun of the Desert, Hipsters and The World of Czeslaw Milosz, Sept. 19 2016 themoscowtimes.com
  3. kino/movie/sov/2229
  4. "ВКФ (Всесоюзный кинофестиваль)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-07.


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