| There Is Such a Lad | |
| Director: | Vasily Shukshin |
| Starring: | Leonid Kuravlyov Lidiya Chaschina Larisa Burkova Renita Grigoryeva Nina Sazonova |
| Music: | Pavel Chekalov |
| Cinematography: | Valeri Ginzburg |
| Studio: | Gorky Film Studio |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
There Is Such a Lad (Russian: Живёт такой парень|Zhivyot takoy paren) is a 1964 Soviet romantic comedy film, directed by Vasily Shukshin.[1] The movie is based on Vasily Shukshin's collection of short stories.
The movie tells the story of an Altai truck driver Pashka Kolokolnikov (played by Leonid Kuravlyov) - a kind, funny, and outgoing person, who loves life.[2] He is a simpleton with a variety of gross provincial expressions and remarks, who likes to make fun of people and play practical jokes. But it turns out that he can also be a hero, when he prevents the explosion of a gasoline truck by risking his life.[3]
The film won the Lion of Saint Marco prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1964 for Best Children's Film and received an award at the All-Union Film Festival (Leningrad, 1964) for Best Comedy Film ("For the cheerfulness, lyricism and originality").[4]