Russia / Jan 13, 1961
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend (1961)
Directed by Marcello Pagliero
1h 34minruntime
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Plot
During World War II, the Frenchman Léon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from the Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Léon, who became a journalist, and his friends came to the USSR to make a report and find Boris in the meantime. In Moscow he doesn't found, and for the sake of meeting with a friend, Garros has to travel around the country by car... The foreigners are accompanied by Nikolai, the translator, who, in turn, is looking for his brother's runaway bride, Natasha.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Lyudmila Marchenko | Masha |
| Vladimir Ivashov | Fedya |
| Olga Stanitsyna | Vera |
| Valentina Kutsenko | Olga |
| Zinoviy Gerdt | сommentator |
| Nina Nikitina | Fedya's mother |
| Nina Golovina | Dasha |
| Tamara Altseva | Natasha's mother |
| Antonina Maksimova | Antonina Petrovna Stepanova |
| Irina Radchenko | hotel administrator (uncredited) |
| Aleksey Vanin | theatergoer (uncredited) |
| Margarita Zharova | maid (uncredited) |
| Lyudmila Egorova | Svetlana (uncredited) |
| Tamara Yarenko | Klava (uncredited) |
Genres
ComedyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Леон Гаррос ищет друга |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Français, Pусский |
| Production countries | France, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gorky Film Studios, Procinex |
| Release date | 13 gennaio 1961 |
| Writer | Semyon Klebanov, Leonid Zorin, Michel Cournot, Sergey Mikhalkov |
| Editing | Victoria Mercanton, Iosif Gordon |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Rapoport, Grair Garibyan |
| Assistant directors | Isaak Magiton, Marcello Pagliero |
| Camera operators | Vladimir Rapoport, Grair Garibyan |
| Additional photography | Vladimir Rapoport, Grair Garibyan |
| Production design | Pyotr Pashkevich, Noi Senderov |
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| Art direction | Pyotr Pashkevich, Noi Senderov |
| Set decoration | Pyotr Pashkevich, Noi Senderov |
| Special effects | Arseni Klopotovsky, Vera Sholina |
| Music | Nikita Bogoslovskiy, Grigoriy Gamburg, Yuri Zakrzhevskiy |
| Sound | Grigoriy Gamburg, Yuri Zakrzhevskiy, Nikita Bogoslovskiy |
| Costume design | Olga Bednova, Aleksei Smirnov |
| Makeup | Aleksei Smirnov, Olga Bednova |
| Hairstyling | Aleksei Smirnov, Olga Bednova |
Release dates
Theatrical release
France / Jan 18, 1961
TV
Russia / May 02, 1961
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