Lad from Our Town (1942)
In the summer of 1932, Sergei Lukonin, a young man from Saratov, leaves his hometown for the distant city of Omsk to attend tank school. His fiancée, Varenka, who soon became an actress, remained in Saratov. In 1936, Sergei went to fight in the Spanish Civil War. He was wounded, taken prisoner, escaped, and returned to training battles, with June 1941 looming ahead.
Directors: Aleksandr Stolper, Boris Ivanov.
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Сергей Луконин |
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Nikolai Bogolyubov as Аркадий Бурмин |
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Lidiya Smirnova as Варя |
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Nikolai Mordvinov as Васнецов |
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Vladimir Kandelaki as Гулиашвили |
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Nina Zorskaya as Женя |
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Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Сафонов |
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Valeriy Medvedev as Petka |
| Directing | Aleksandr Stolper | Director |
| Writing | Konstantin Simonov | Theatre Play |
| Directing | Boris Ivanov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Stolper | Writer |
| Production | Fridrikh Ermler | Producer |
| Camera | Sergei Uralov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Samuil Rubashkin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Nikolai Kryukov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Konstantin Simonov | Lyricist |
| Writing | Natalya Konchalovskaya | Lyricist |
| Sound | S. Klyuchevsky | Sound Director |
| Art | Yosyp Shpinel | Production Design |
| Art | Arnold Vaysfeld | Production Design |
| Editing | Anna Kulganek | Editor |
| Camera | Amina Akhmetova | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Lev Brozhovskiy | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | F. Levshina | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Ptushko | Visual Effects Director |
| Visual Effects | Boris Gorbachev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Fedor Krasniy | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Krotkin | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | V. Gutin | Producer |