The Boys from Leningrad
6.7
Comedy about brothers Vesnushkin, Sasha and Vasya, who are playing for one team in a National Soccer Competition. However, Sasha falls in love with a beautiful girl and loses his confidence just before the final game, so his brother has to take the lead on the field in order to save the game.
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Georgiy Vitsin
Vasya Vesnushkin
Known for
Gentlemen of Fortune
Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Sasha Vesnushkin
Known for
Old Man Khottabych
Semyon Timoshenko
Pavel Kadochnikov
Dedushkin Svetlanov
Known for
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Tatyana Konyukhova
Valya Oljeshko
Known for
The Red and the White
Valentina Ushakova
Kartashova
Known for
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Mark Bernes
Kolmyagin
Also in
Two Soldiers
Case No. 306
Vladimir Belokurov
Tsvetkov
Known for
Striped Trip
Gas Station Queen
Yelena Tyapkina
Vesnuskina
Known for
War and Peace
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
Konstantin Adashevsky
Ivan Innokentich, factory director
Known for
Cinderella
Nikolai Rybnikov
Known for
The Girls
Spring on Zarechnaya Street
Mariya Mironova
Also in
Doctor Aybolit
Doctor Aybolit
Semyon Timoshenko Director · Isaak Dunayevsky Composer Yevgeni Shapiro Cinematographer
United States release April 30, 1955 · Produced in Russia · Production Mosfilm
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Mosfilm
Production
Russia
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Original title
Запасной игрок
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 6, 1954
Theatrical
United States · April 30, 1955
Finland
September 16, 1955
Germany
June 3, 1955
Hungary
April 14, 1955
Russia
December 3, 1954
XC
March 18, 1955 · Theatrical
April 15, 1955 · TV · ČST
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