A Head on One's Shoulders (1961)
After finishing school in their native village, Tolyasha (Igor Pushkarev) and Valya take exams to enter the pedagogical institute, but both fail. They return to their Green Shores. Valya works on a poultry farm and soon becomes a famous poultry farmer, and Tolyasha works as a driver. After a series of misunderstandings, their personal relationships improve...
Director: Mariya Fyodorova
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Boris Chirkov as Chairman of the collective farm |
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Tatyana Bogdanova as Valya Odintsova |
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Igor Pushkaryov as Tolyasha Ozerov |
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Nina Nikitina as Yekaterina Ivanovna |
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Tatyana Pelttser as Pelageya Stepanovna |
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Nina Shorina as Natasha |
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Valentina Markova as Lida |
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Aleksey Krychenkov as Kostya |
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Pavel Vinnik as |
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Yaroslava Turylyova as |
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Margarita Zharova as |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as |
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Lidiya Korolyova as |
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Valeriy Nosik as Petya |
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Valentina Berezutskaya as |
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Valeri Malyshev as |
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Georgi Millyar as |
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Lyubov Sokolova as |
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Nikolay Smirnov as |
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Vasiliy Shchelokov as |
| Writing | Valentin Ezhov | Scenario Writer |
| Sound | Anatoliy Lepin | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandr Dikhtyar | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Mariya Fyodorova | Director |
| Art | Aleksandr Dikhtyar | Production Design |
| Camera | Aleksei Polkanov | Director of Photography |