The Knight of Dreams (1969)
The childhood of a sixteen-year-old dreamer was spent in a shack with an always-drunk father. The only joy for the boy was walking to the pier, where he imagined himself as the captain of a brigantine sailing across the distant and mysterious sea. One night, he secretly left home and sailed away on a steamship, embarking on a journey filled with romantic and beautiful adventures. This marked the beginning of the unfulfilled journey of the writer Alexander Grin.
Director: Vadim Derbenyov
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Evgeniy Ushakov as boy / Ayan |
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Nikolai Simonov as boy's father / boatswain |
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Marianna Kushnerova as woman on the steamer / Diana |
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Aleksandr Lazarev as predictor / organ grinder |
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Fyodor Nikitin as Diana's stepfather |
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Ivan Voronov as Reg |
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Nikolai Karpenko as Jenner |
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Yakov Belenkiy as sailor |
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Vladimir Vasilyev as captain of the shell / pirate |
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Igor Mushkatin as sailor |
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Viktor Plotnikov as harbor tramp |
| Directing | Vadim Derbenyov | Director |
| Writing | Vadim Derbenyov | Writer |
| Writing | Leonid Rutitskiy | Writer |
| Camera | Vadim Derbenyov | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Eduard Lazarev | Music |
| Art | Yuriy Laktionov | Production Design |
| Art | Valery Levental | Production Design |