Girl Seeks Father
1959 film
- 1959 (1959)
Running time
Girl Seeks Father (Russian: Девочка ищет отца, romanized: Devochka ishchet otsa) is a 1959 Soviet children's drama film that was produced by Yuri Bulychyov at the Belarusfilm, directed by Lev Golub,[1] and which stars Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Guskov, Nikolai Barmin. Writers: Konstantin Gubarevich, Yevgeny Ryss.[2] In 1959, it was the fifth film in Soviet Union in terms of the box office. It was watched by over 35 million spectators,[3] which makes it the third watched Belarusian film ever.[4]
Plot
The film was set in Russia during World War II and is about a 5-year-old girl searching for her partisan leader father while escaping from the Nazis, who try to catch her to make her their hostage, and a young boy trying to save her. For some time, when the girl is lost in the forest alone or when Nazis finally catch two children, hope is almost lost.
Cast
- Credited cast
- Anna Kamenkova as Lena
- Vladimir Guskov as Yanka, forester's grandson
- Nikolai Barmin as Panas
- Vladimir Dorofeyev as forester
- Anna Yegorova as Praskovya Ivanovna
- Yevgeni Grigorev as Konstantin Lvovich, Medical Assistant
- Nina Grebeshkova as Anya
- Konstantin Bartashevich as Gunter, German Commandant
- Rest of cast
- Viktor Uralsky as partisan Volodya
- Yevgeni Polosin as The Headmen
- Ivan Shatillo as Commissar
Awards
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival , 3° Edition 1960. Best Child Performance (Anna Kamenkova).[2][3][5]
- The 25th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association, 1962 . Ten Best Foreign Films.
References
- ^ История мозырянина, который снимал картины, ставшие классикой советского кинематографа
- ^ a b Eglit, Lev (26 December 2012). "Первая роль Каменковой, или Как причудливы зигзаги судьбы" (in Russian). Uralsky Rabochy. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b Razzakov, Fyodor (2015). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785425088185.
- ^ Yuditskaya, Veronika (27 August 2014). "В Музее истории белорусского кино состоятся показы лучших детских фильмов режиссера Льва Голуба" (in Russian). Minsk-Novosti. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Биография Анны Каменковой" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
External links
- Girl Seeks Father at IMDb
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