The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Lev KassilWriter
- Semyon TimoshenkoDirector
- Lazar YudinWriter
- Isaak DunayevskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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)