The Goalkeeper

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.

• Lev KassilWriter
• Semyon TimoshenkoDirector
• Lazar YudinWriter
• Isaak DunayevskyOriginal Music Composer

• Grigory PluzhnikAnton Kandidov
• Tatyana GuretskayaGrusha
• Lyudmila GlazovaNastya
• Anatoli GoryunovKarasik
• Valeri SolovtsovBukhvostov
• Yakov GudkinFoma
• Vladimir KryugerTsvetochkin
• German ErasmusRyzhy
• Fyodor KurikhinFootball fan (uncredited)
• Konstantin GibshmanDoctor (uncredited)
• Erna MashkevichSpectator (uncredited)
• Tatyana Rayt(uncredited)