When a Person Smiled (1973)
The film is about the tragedy of two families when a pilot Roman and a flight attendant Olga died in a car accident. Olga and Aleksey's young son lost his mother, and Inga lost her loved one. As a devoted friend, Alexey does everything he can to make Inga's pain less unbearable. He drowned out his pain by caring for his son. But as time passes, wounds heal, the son grows up, and it turns out that Alexei is still the most loyal friend in Inga's life, and there is no one closer…
Director: Borys Ivchenko
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Alexey Luganov |
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Borys Savchenko as Roman Vesnin |
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Zemfira Tsakhilova as Inga |
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Galina Dolgozvyaga as Ol'ga Luganova — styuardessa, zhena Alekseya |
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Taras Kolesnikov as Maksim - synishka Alekseya |
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Vitaly Rastalnoy as Aleksandr Dubilin - vtoroy pilot |
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Anatoli Barchuk as Anatoliy Yutkov - shturman |
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Viktor Malyarevych as bortmechanic |
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Volodymyr Talashko as radist |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as glavvrach |
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Fedir Stryhun as Fedor Nikolaevich Lupin |
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Larisa Khalafova as styuardessa |
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Vladimir Volkov as dispetcher |
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Gia Kobakhidze as Serguladze |
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Irina Kikhteva as Larisa Alexandrovna |
| Writing | Viktor Ivchenko | Writer |
| Directing | Borys Ivchenko | Director |
| Writing | Yuriy Parkhomenko | Writer |
| Sound | Ihor Poklad | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Petro Lebedenko | Original Story |
| Sound | Viktor Shevchenko | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ihor Bieliakov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vasyl Bezkrovnyi | Production Design |