Valera (1965)
Twelve-year-old Valera lives with his parents in a small village. In the boy's family, everything is subordinated to one thing: the accumulation of wealth. Valera's life is also filled with this. He does not play or run around like other children, but works all day long. Even fishing is not a pleasure for the boy, but a way to earn more money. But one day while fishing, Valera met a stranger who asked him to find him temporary accommodation. Valera brought Arkady Sergeyevich to his home — and from that moment on, he had a true friend and protector. Under the influence of this man, Valera realized that he couldn't live the way his family did.
Director: Boris Rytsarev
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Vladimir Zelenin as Valera |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Frosya - maty Valery |
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Aleksei Mironov as Nikolay - otets Valery |
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Nikolay Lebedev as Arkadiy Sergeyevich |
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Ivan Kuznetsov as Pozhiloy rybolov |
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Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Dmitriy Ivanovich |
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Yelena Gurina as Nastenyka |
| Directing | Boris Rytsarev | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Faynberg | Writer |
| Camera | Yuri Malinovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Petro Slabynskyi | Production Design |
| Directing | Polina Poznanskaya | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Mikhail Marutayev | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Stanislav Gurin | Sound Director |
| Camera | Evgeniy Davydov | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Irina Solovyova | Script Editor |
| Editing | Berta Pogrebinskaya | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nora Muller | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Filippenko | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | B. Totsenko | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Boris Filimonikhin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | D. Shadchinev | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Production | Anatoliy Kravetskiy | Executive Producer |