The Goalkeeper (1936)
The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how deftly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football. And he decides to follow the advice. On the way to the glory of the goalkeeper and waiting for his victory and disappointment.
Director: Semyon Timoshenko
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Grigory Pluzhnik as Anton Kandidov |
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Tatyana Guretskaya as Grusha |
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Lyudmila Glazova as Nastya |
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Anatoli Goryunov as Karasik |
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Valeri Solovtsov as Bukhvostov |
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Yakov Gudkin as Foma |
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Vladimir Kryuger as Tsvetochkin |
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German Erasmus as Ryzhy |
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Fyodor Kurikhin as Football fan (uncredited) |
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Konstantin Gibshman as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Erna Mashkevich as Spectator (uncredited) |
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Tatyana Rayt as (uncredited) |
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Ivan Sizov as Stadium cleaner (uncredited) |
| Writing | Lev Kassil | Writer |
| Directing | Semyon Timoshenko | Director |
| Writing | Lazar Yudin | Writer |
| Sound | Isaak Dunayevsky | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vasilii Lebedev-Kumach | Lyricist |
| Camera | Vladimir Danashevsky | Director of Photography |
| Sound | V. Muravyov | Sound Director |
| Art | Pyotr Yakimov | Production Design |
| Art | Vladimir Kalyagin | Production Design |
| Camera | Vladimir Yakovlev | Assistant Camera |
| Production | A. Goldburt | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Georgiy Abramov | Songs |
| Production | Igor Chernyak | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sofya Ivnitskaya | Songs |