High school student Vasily Serov, a troubled teenager equally capable of both good and bad deeds, falls in love with Irina Zvyagintseva, the daughter of the school principal. Friendship with Ira sharpens in him feelings of justice, nobility. One day Vasya accidentally gets into trouble. With his friend Lyokha he took away sneakers on the beach. Now the police are looking for him.
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Aleksei Zharkov
Known for
Ten Little Indians
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Valentina Telichkina
Known for
Brigada
The Bolshoi
Larisa Belogurova
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Leonid Obolensky
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Anatoliy Kuznetsov
Known for
The White Sun of the Desert
Sergey Nikonenko
Known for
What Men Talk About
Ten Winters
Viktor Ilichyov
Known for
The Most Charming and Attractive
Dmitriy Kharatyan
Known for
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Svetlana Starikova
Known for
The Golden Calf
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Viktor Pavlovsky
Also in
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Lyubov Virolainen
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Valeri Fedosov Director · Alexandr Chumak Writer Yuri Perov Writer
First release June 17, 1987 · Produced in Russia · Original title Была не была
Production
Odessa Film Studio
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Была не была
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 17, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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