Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
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During World War II, the Frenchman Léon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from the Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Léon, who became a journalist, and his friends came to the USSR to make a report and find Boris in the meantime. In Moscow he doesn't found, and for the sake of meeting with a friend, Garros has to travel around the country by car... The foreigners are accompanied by Nikolai, the translator, who, in turn, is looking for his brother's runaway bride, Natasha.
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Cast
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Tatyana Samoylova
Natasha
Known for
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Yuri Belov
Nikolai
Known for
Carnival Night
Gas Station Queen
Léon Zitrone
Léon Garros
Known for
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Jean Rochefort
Fernand
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Count of Monte Cristo
Jean Gaven
Grégoire
Known for
The Story of O
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Evgeni Burenkov
Boris Vaganov
Known for
Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
Valentin Zubkov
Andrei
Known for
Ivan's Childhood
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Lyudmila Marchenko
Masha
Also in
White Nights
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Vladimir Ivashov
Fedya
Known for
Ballad of a Soldier
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Olga Stanitsyna
Vera
Also in
A Little Prince
The Young Mistress of Niskavuori
Valentina Kutsenko
Olga
Also in
The Songs of the Sea
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Zinoviy Gerdt
сommentator
Known for
Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Mother For Baby Mammoth
Marcello Pagliero Director · Michel Cournot Writer Leonid Zorin Writer
Director
Marcello Pagliero
Writer
Michel Cournot
Writer
Leonid Zorin
Writer
Sergey Mikhalkov
Composer
Nikita Bogoslovskiy
Cinematographer
Vladimir Rapoport
Cinematographer
Grair Garibyan
Editor
Victoria Mercanton
Editor
Iosif Gordon
Production designer
Pyotr Pashkevich
Production designer
Noi Senderov
Costume designer
Olga Bednova
First release January 13, 1961 · Produced in France, Russia, Russia · Languages French, Russian
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production · Studio
Procinex
Production
France · Russia · Russia
Produced in
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Original title
Леон Гаррос ищет друга
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
French · Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 13, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
January 18, 1961 · Theatrical
Russia
May 2, 1961 · TV
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