First Joys (1978)
A TV film based on the novel of the same name by Konstantin Fedin. The film is set in a small provincial town on the Volga River in the pre-revolutionary era. The story centers on Kirill Izvekov, an 18-year-old student at a technical college. The young man is just entering adulthood. He is full of hope and is making his first, as yet not fully conscious, attempts to find his place in his future life. What awaits him in the future? How will his fate and the fate of those around him unfold?
Director: Grigori Nikulin
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Yuri Demich as |
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Nikolai Volkov Ml. as |
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Yelizaveta Akulicheva as |
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Irina Pechernikova as |
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Anatoliy Azo as |
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Yuri Vasilyev as |
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Roman Gromadskiy as |
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Vladimir Treshchalov as |
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Era Ziganshina as |
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Olga Mashnaya as |
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Yevgeni Lebedev as |
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Gennadiy Egorov as |
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Petr Shelokhonov as |
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Viktor Burkhart as |
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Yuri Rodionov as |
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Vera Veliaminova as Дарья Антоновна тетушка Шубникова |
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Sergey Svistunov as |
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Valentina Savelyeva as Валерия Ивановна Мешкова |
| Camera | Nikolay Zhilin | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Grigori Nikulin | Director |
| Art | Boris Bykov | Production Design |
| Writing | Mariya Zvereva | Writer |
| Sound | Aleksandr Mnatsakanyan | Music |
| Art | Mikhail Ivanov | Production Design |