True Friends (film)
True Friends | |
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Directed by | Mikhail Kalatozov |
Written by | Alexander Galich, Konstantin Isaev |
Produced by | Viktor Tsirgiladze |
Starring | Vasili Merkuryev Boris Chirkov Aleksandr Borisov Alexey Gribov |
Cinematography | Mark Magidson |
Edited by | Maria Timofeyeva |
Music by | Tikhon Khrennikov |
Production company | |
Release date | 20 April 1954 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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1954 Soviet poster of True Friends |
True Friends (Russian: Верные друзья, romanized: Vernye druz'ya) is a 1954 Soviet adventure comedy-drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Plot
Alexander, Boris and Vasily are three old friends, who now barely see each other as they are busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Yauza river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.
Cast
- Vasili Merkuryev as Vasili Nestratov
- Boris Chirkov as Boris Chizhov
- Aleksandr Borisov as Alexander Lapin
- Alexey Gribov as Nekhoda
- Liliya Gritsenko as Natalya Sergeyevna
- Lyudmila Shagalova as Katya
- Alexey Pokrovsky as junior lieutenant
- Lyudmila Genika-Chirkova as Masha
- Mikhail Pugovkin as club entertainer
- Nikolay Smorchkov as Alexey Mazaev
- Yuri Sarantsev as Sergey
Production
True Friends was made in the aftermath of the death of
Reception
With 30.9 million tickets sold, True Friends was the seventh highest-grossing Soviet film of 1954.[3] Together with Salt of the Earth, it was Ex aequo awarded the Crystal Globe in the 1954 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[4]
The
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-86064-504-4. Page 23.
- ^ ISBN 0-520-04128-3. Page 71.
- ^ True Friends on kinoexpert.ru.
- ^ 8th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. kviff.com.
- ^ A.W. Vernye Druzya (1954) The Screen in Review; ' True Friends,' Russian Film, Is at Stanley. New York Times, 15 November 1954.
- ISBN 978-0-8242-0757-1. Page 514.
- ISBN 978-0-582-43790-6. Page 45.
External links
- True Friends at IMDb
- True Friends on kino-teatr.ru.
- True Friends the film with English subtitles