Faithful Hearts (1959)
A small vessel is caught in a storm at sea. With no fuel and no radio, Boatswain Pukhov — an amateur pigeon breeder — sends two pigeons carrying a message about the tugboat’s dire situation. One of them, named Pilot, reaches land. The crew is rescued, and Pilot is given to a schoolboy from Moscow who took part in this difficult voyage.
Director: Boris Dolin
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Roza Makagonova as Olya Veselova |
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Aleksei Gribov as Pukhov, Kostya's uncle |
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Vladimir Arkov as Kostya Pukhov |
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Lev Borisov as Seryozha Morgunov |
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Valentin Abramov as Pyotr Grigoryevich Chub |
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Pyotr Repnin as Ivan Stepanovich Morozov |
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Boris Kordunov as Georgiy Aleksandrovich |
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Pavel Solovyov as Andrey |
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Vladimir Siluyanov as Vasya |
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Pyotr Maltsev as Zhenya |
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Viktor Stepanov as Alik |
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Valya Korolyov as Volodya |
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Yelizaveta Kuzyurina as Seryozha's mother |
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Valentin Bryleev as Bokov, profiteer |
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N. Svetlov as |
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Kolya Volkov as |
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Kolya Rudenko as |
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Vladimir Razumovskiy as (uncredited) |
| Writing | Mikhail Vitukhnovsky | Writer |
| Writing | Boris Dolin | Writer |
| Directing | Boris Dolin | Director |
| Camera | Yakov Dikhter | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Arkadiy Missyura | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Galina Minaychenkova | Assistant Director |
| Art | Georgiy Rozhalin | Production Design |
| Art | Artyom Andriasyan | Production Design |
| Sound | Vasiliy Solovev-Sedoy | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mikhail Matusovsky | Lyricist |
| Editing | S. Pavlova | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Vladimir Kutuzov | Sound Director |
| Writing | V. Russo | Script Editor |
| Crew | V. Larionov | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | N. Myshetskiy | Animal Wrangler |
| Production | Fabian Mogilevskiy | Producer |
| Sound | Vladimir Vasilyev | Conductor |