Alyosha's Love Explained

Alyosha's Love
Native Name:	Russian: Алёшкина любовь
Producer:	Naum Polyak
Music:	Vladimir Rubin
Cinematography:	Konstantin Petrichenko
Editing:	Esfir Tobak
Studio:	Mosfilm
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Alyosha's Love (Russian: Алёшкина любовь|Alyoshkina lyubov) is a 1960 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Georgi Shchukin^[1] and Semyon Tumanov.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

A modest guy, a drilling geologist, loves the beautiful and provocative switchman Zina. The faithful and boundless love of Alyosha gradually awakens her reciprocal feeling, which makes others look with different eyes at the inconspicuous guy.

Cast

• Leonid Bykov as Alyosha
• Aleksandra Zavyalova as Zina
• Alexey Gribov as Zina's grandfather
• Yuri Belov as Arkady
• Ivan Savkin as Nikolai
• Vladimir Gulyaev as Sergey
• Ivan Ryzhov as Volkov
• Igor Okhlupin as Zina's boyfriend^[4]
• Pyotr Sobolevsky as Belogorov^[5]

Production

Leonid Kuravlyov, Anatoly Kuznetsov and Leonid Kharitonov auditioned for the role of Alyoshka. Iya Arepina, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Izolda Izvitskaya auditioned for the role of Zina.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Умер актер и режиссер Олег Лавров . ru . 3 November 2018.
2. Web site: Леониду Быкову исполнилось бы 90 лет . ru . 12 December 2018.
3. http://www.belkprf.ru/wiewnews.php?id_product=10366&id_parent=554 Виктор Василенко в Год российского кино: кино оттепели – новая вершина отечественного кино
4. http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2018/06/09/1709462.html Ушел из жизни актер театра и кино Игорь Охлупин
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053587/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Алешкина любовь (1961) Full Cast & Crew
6. https://www.vokrug.tv/product/show/aleshkina_lyubov/ Вокруг кино