When I Will Become a Giant (1979)
Eight-grader Petya Kopeikin, despite his short stature and nondescript appearance, is constantly in the spotlight. Petya is noble, witty, well versed in literature, he writes wonderful poems. Kopeikin has long been secretly in love with his classmate Masha Goroshkina, and she is passionate about the new student from 9 "A" Kolya Kristallov. Masha tells Petya about her feelings and asks him to hand over a note to Kolya. Deeply worried from unrequited love, Petya not only doesn't stand in the way of a happier rival, but even helps him win Masha's heart. He wants to prove that courage and honor were not only inherent in the times of “musketeer” novels, but exist in our time. Petya chooses to follow the example of the hero of the famous play Edmond Rostan and in his actions copies Cyrano de Bergerac.
Director: Inna Tumanyan
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Mikhail Efremov as Kopeikin |
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Liya Akhedzhakova as Dzhulietta Ashotovna |
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Inna Ulyanova as Elvira Pavlovna |
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Marina Shimanskaya as Lidiya Nikolaevna |
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Oleg Efremov as Sergei Konstantinovich |
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Vladimir Kachan as taxi driver |
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Natalya Sezeman as Masha Goroshkina |
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Aleksei Dmitriyev as Kristallov |
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Andrey Vasilyev as Lastochkin |
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Arsen Bagratuni as Paikin |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as literature teacher |
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Olga Anikina as |
| Writing | Inna Tumanyan | Writer |
| Directing | Inna Tumanyan | Director |
| Camera | Valeriy Ginzburg | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Dmitriyeva | Costume Design |
| Editing | Yelena Zabolotskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Naum Markzitser | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Boris Komyakov | Production Design |
| Sound | Yevgeni Gevorgyan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Nikolay Sharyy | Sound Director |
| Directing | Arkadiy Lokosov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Knyazev | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Aleksandr Krupnikov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Viktor Uliankin | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Oleg Runushkin | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Noy Avaliani | Choreographer |
| Art | V. Volchenkov | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | S. Gultayev | Sound Assistant |
| Directing | Irina Koleva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Zuev | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Irina Dobrovolskaya | Script Editor |
| Writing | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | Writer |
| Lighting | Boris Margulyan | Lighting Director |
| Editing | Lija Redulesku | Color Grading |
| Sound | Martyn Nersesyan | Conductor |
| Sound | Natalya Stroeva | Music Editor |
| Production | Yury Obukhov | Executive Producer |
