The Man from Nowhere (1961 film)
| The Human from Nowhere | |
|---|---|
| Russian: Человек ниоткуда | |
| Directed by | Eldar Ryazanov |
| Written by | Leonid Zorin |
| Produced by | Max Gershengorin |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Anatoli Lepin |
Production company | |
Release date | 1961 |
Running time | 81 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Human from Nowhere (Russian: Человек ниоткуда, romanized: Chelovek niotkuda) is a 1961 science fiction-comedy film directed by Eldar Ryazanov.[1][2]
Plot
The geologist of the anthropological expedition, Vladimir Porazhaev, is among the savages of the fantastic Tapi tribe and escapes with the help of his intellectual abilities.[3]
Cast
- Sergey Yursky as Chudak[4]
- Yury Yakovlev as Vladimir Porazhayev
- Anatoliy Papanovas Krokhalyov
- Lyudmila Gurchenko as Lena
- Anatoly Adoskin as Mikhail[5]
- Vladimir Muravyov as police captain
- Yuri Belov as Gavrilov
- Yuri Nikulin as petty officer
- Georgy Millyar as electrician
- Georgi Kulikov as assistant director at the theater
- Yevgeny Morgunov as Tapi cook[6]
Censored
At the XXII Congress of the
CPSU on October 24, 1961, Mikhail Suslov condemned Ryazanov's film. After Suslov’s performance, the film was stopped everywhere and then banned. The ban was lifted only in 1988 by a decision of the Goskino of the USSR and the conflict committee of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR, after which the film was again shown in cinemas.[4]
References
External links
- The Man from Nowhere at IMDb
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