Man Follows the Sun explained
Man Follows the Sun
(Человек идёт за солнцем) |
| Director: | Mikhail Kalik |
| Starring: | Nika Krimnus |
| Music: | Mikael Tariverdiev |
| Cinematography: | Vadim Derbenyov |
| Editing: | Ksenia Blinova
Nikolay Chaika |
| Studio: | Moldova-Film |
| Runtime: | 72 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Man Follows the Sun (Russian: Человек идёт за солнцем, translit. Chelovek idyot za solntsem) is a 1962 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Kalik.[1] [2]
Plot
The film follows a little boy through the megacity (Chișinău) on his pursuit to get the sun, because, as another boy tells him that going straight he will be able to get the sun, walk around the globe, and return to the place of his departure but from a different side. The world of adults and the spaces they inhabit are viewed from a child's perspective.[2]
Cast
- Nika Krimnus as Sandu
- Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Nikolai Chernykh, motorcycle racer
- Tatyana Bestayeva as Elya, motorcycle racer's wife
- Anatoli Papanov as manager
- Nikolay Volkov as lottery tickets seller
- Georgiy Georgiu as Koka, hairdresser
- Valentin Zubkov as military musician
- Lev Kruglyy as truck driver
- Valentina Telegina as woman reading a letter
- Larisa Luzhina as Lenutsa
- Dumitru Fusu as Rike, inspector of Militsiya Maxim Grecov as Lev, shoeshiner
- Viktor Markin as happy father
- Georgios Sovchis as Prince of Orange, construction worker
- Georgiy Svetlani as fan de foot
- Iosif Levyanu as taxi driver
Reception
Administrative measures were taken against Mikhail Kalik because one brief erotic episode.[1]
Notes and References
- Book: Peter Rollberg, George Washington University . Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. 344. 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442268425.
- Book: Lida Oukaderova. The Cinema of the Soviet Thaw: Space, Materiality, Movement. 102. 2017 . Indiana University Press. 9780253027085.
