Vocation (1956)
During the war, having lost his family, Alyosha ends up in an orphanage. He devotes all his free time to music, with the full support of his caregiver, Maria Pavlovna. Noticing Alyosha’s exceptional talent, the touring conductor Dobrynin adopts him and brings him to Moscow. Dobrynin is very pleased: his own son and Alyosha now study at the same music school.
Director: Mariya Fyodorova
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Andrey Demyanov as Алёша Снегирев |
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Misha Tyagunov as Боря Добрынин |
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Grigori Belov as Иван Владиславович Никольский |
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Ada Vojtsik as Мария Павловна |
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Leonid Gallis as Добрынин |
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Marina Kuznetsova as Ирина Львовна Добрынина |
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Lena Ilyinskaya as Катя |
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Paul Ostrovsky as Николка |
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Viktor Legoshin as Толя Дорожкин |
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Anna Volgina as билетерша |
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Vladimir Razumovskiy as эпизод |
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Mikhail Troyanovsky as Ефим |
| Directing | Mariya Fyodorova | Director |
| Writing | Valentina Spirina | Writer |
| Camera | Aleksei Polkanov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Lyudmila Bezsmertnova | Production Design |
| Art | Irina Zakharova | Production Design |
| Sound | Vartan Yeramishev | Sound Director |
| Sound | Leonid Afanasyev | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | A. Goncharova | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Iosif Gordon | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Vera Sholina | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | A. Krylov | VFX Artist |
| Writing | Valeriya Pogozheva | Script Editor |
| Sound | Z. Finkelshtein | Music Consultant |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg | Conductor |
| Production | O. Kolodny | Executive Producer |