The Age of Innocence (1976 film) explained
| The Age of Innocence |
| Director: | Vladimir Rogovoy |
| Starring: | Vladimir Letenkov
Stanislav Zhdanko
Leonid Kayurov
Pavel Nikolai |
| Music: | Rafail Khozak |
| Cinematography: | Inna Zarafyan |
| Editing: | Olga Katusheva |
| Studio: | Gorky Film Studio |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
The Age of Innocence (also called Minors)[1] [2] is a 1976 Soviet film directed by Vladimir Rogovoy and written by Edward Topol. It is not based on the novel The Age of Innocence, instead being a juvenile delinquency film set in the contemporary Soviet Union.[3]
Plot
Russian teenager Zhenya Prokhorov returns home from military service and his friend Kostya from a corrective labor colony. They try to stay out of trouble and find a place in the world.
Cast
- Vladimir Letenkov - Zhenya Prokhorov
- Stanislav Zhdanko - Kostya Sila
- Leonid Kayurov - "Gogol"
- Pavel Nikolai - Shurik
- Nikolay Muravyov - police major
- Vera Vasilyeva - Polina Borisovna, teacher, Zhenya's mother
- Yuri Medvedev - policeman Kuvaev
- Igor Oshotin - Alka
- Nadezhda Rumyantseva - Alka's mother
- Yuri Kuzmenkov - Alka's father, an alcoholic
Reception
The Soviet journal Cinema Art gave The Age of Innocence a negative review.[4]
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1977, with 44.6 million tickets sold.[5] [6]
External links
- (in Russian, no subtitles)
Notes and References
- Web site: Soviet Film. January 9, 1976. Google Books.
- Web site: Secret Entertainment Today: Biography Vera Vasilyeva – RIA Novosti. September 30, 2015.
- Web site: The Soviet Review. January 9, 1980. M.E. Sharpe, Incorporated. Google Books.
- Cinema in the Mirror of the Soviet and Russian Film Criticism. Alexander. Fedorov. February 24, 2019. 3340958.
- Web site: KINOGLAZ : Mineurs (film). www.kinoglaz.fr.
- http://ejournal53.com/journals_n/1584456660.pdf "Leaders of Soviet Film Distribution (1930–1991): Trends and Patterns" - Alexander Fedorov
