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?
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Yuri Demich
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Yelizaveta Akulicheva
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Irina Pechernikova
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Yuri Vasilyev
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Roman Gromadskiy
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Vladimir Treshchalov
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Olga Mashnaya
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Gennadiy Egorov
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Grigori Nikulin Director · Mariya Zvereva Writer Mikhail Ivanov Production designer
First release July 4, 1978 · Produced in Russia · Original title Первые радости
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Lenfilm
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Russia
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Original title
Первые радости
Original language
Russian
Release dates
Russia · July 4, 1978
TV · Central Television USSR
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