Who Invented the Wheel? (1966)
After graduating from school, Seva Losev gets a job at a chemical plant. A lyrical film about the first experiences of independent life and first love.
Director:
Vladimir Shredel
Writers:
Anatoli Grebnev, Tengiz Abuladze, Tamaz Meliava.
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Georgiy Korolchuk as Seva Losev |
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Galina Nikulina as Sasha |
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Natalya Seleznyova as Zoika |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Uncle |
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Polina Kumanchenko as Aunt |
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Viktor Kostetsky as Aleksey Yegorov |
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Sergey Dreyden as Viktor |
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Boris Krasilnikov as |
| Directing | Vladimir Shredel | Director |
| Writing | Anatoli Grebnev | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tengiz Abuladze | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yakov Sklyansky | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vladimir Krakovskiy | Book |
| Writing | Tamaz Meliava | Screenplay |
| Art | Vasili Zachinyayev | Production Design |
| Sound | Semyon Shumyacher | Sound Director |
| Sound | Isaac Schwarts | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Gennady Shpalikov | Lyricist |
| Directing | Natalya Troshchenko | Assistant Director |
| Camera | S. Filanovskiy | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Maria Bernatskaya | Editor |
| Writing | Irina Tarsanova | Script Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Dudko | Costume Design |
| Art | Yuriy Smirnov | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Zavitkova | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Tamara Denisova | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | A. Dugladze | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | I. Golynskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Sergeeva | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Leonid Aristov | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Murashov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Pokrovskiy | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | V. Lukyanov | VFX Artist |
| Production | G. Denison | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yu. Volkov | Executive Producer |