The Boys from Leningrad

1954 film

Georgy Vitsin
Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Elena Tyapkina
Pavel Kadochnikov
Tatyana Konyukhova
Valentina Ushakova

CinematographyYevgeni ShapiroEdited byA. RuzanovaMusic byIsaak Dunayevsky

Production
company

Lenfilm

Release date

December 3, 1954 (1954-12-03)

Running time

83 min.CountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

The Boys from Leningrad (Russian: Запасной игрок, romanized: Zapasnoy igrok) is a 1954 Soviet sports comedy film^[1] directed by Semyon Timoshenko.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Plot

In the center of the story is the football team "Blue Arrows", successfully performing in the cup of the syndicate of the Soviet trade unions. But striker Alexander Vesnushkin doubts the victory of the team in the finals. The alarmist leaves and his brother Vasily is put in his place. The outcome of the long-awaited match is under threat.^[6]

Cast

Georgy Vitsin as Vasya Vesnushkin
Vsevolod Kuznetsov as Sasha Vesnushkin
Elena Tyapkina as Vesnushkina
Pavel Kadochnikov as Svetlanov
Tatyana Konyukhova as Valya Oljeshko
Valentina Ushakova as Galina Kartashova
Mark Bernes as Lev Kolomyagin, coach
Konstantin Adashevsky as Ivan Innokentyevich, factory director
Vladimir Belokurov as Vasiliy Tsvetkov, filmmaker
Pavel Pol as Dnjeprovskiy
Boris Kokovkin as professor Babushkin
Aleksandr Zhukov as Spiridon Violjetov
Elvira Lutsenko as Lyubov Maljutkina
Andrey Tutyshkin as Pyotr Andreyevich^[7]

References

^ "Сборная фильмов по футболу: 11 основных игроков и несколько в запасе". proficinema.com.
^ "В фан-зоне на Васильевском острове Петербурга покажут советские фильмы". interfax-russia.ru. 9 July 2018.
^ "Гостей ЧМ приглашают посетить бесплатный киномарафон на Васильевском острове". Невские Новости.
^ Поклонников футбола приглашают на бесплатные кинопоказы на Васильевском острове
^ "Футбольный киномарафон на Васильевском острове". gorod-plus.tv.
^ "Запасной игрок (1954)". kinopoisk.ru.
^ "The Boys from Leningrad (1954) - IMDb" – via imdb.com.