Les premières joies

Original title: Pervye radosti

1957
1h 43m

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Film is based on the book "Early Joys", set in 1910 in the city of Saratov on the river Volga in Central Russia. The main characters are Kirill Izvekov and Lisa, his first love. She does not... Read allFilm is based on the book "Early Joys", set in 1910 in the city of Saratov on the river Volga in Central Russia. The main characters are Kirill Izvekov and Lisa, his first love. She does not respond to Kirill Izvekov, and her behavior is hurting his feelings. So the young intelle... Read allFilm is based on the book "Early Joys", set in 1910 in the city of Saratov on the river Volga in Central Russia. The main characters are Kirill Izvekov and Lisa, his first love. She does not respond to Kirill Izvekov, and her behavior is hurting his feelings. So the young intellectual Kirill Izvekov becomes disillusioned with the world around him. He is strongly disap... Read all

Director
- Vladimir Basov
Writers
- Konstantin Fedin
- Aleksei Kapler
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- Vladimir Basov
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- Konstantin Fedin
- Aleksei Kapler
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Viktor Korshunov

Kirill Izvekov
(as V. Korshunov)

Olga Zhizneva

Vera Izvekova
(as O. Zhizneva)

Vladimir Emelyanov

Pyotr Ragozin
(as V. Yemelyanov)

Nina Menshikova

Kseniya Ragozina
(as N. Menshikova)

Tatyana Konyukhova

Liza Meshkova
(as T. Konyukhova)

Vladimir Solovyov

Merkuriy Meshkov

Sergei Plotnikov

Tikhon Parabukin
(as S. Plotnikov)

Lora Murasheva

Anochka Parabukina

Mikhail Nazvanov

Aleksandr Pastukhov
(as M. Nazvanov)

Vladimir Druzhnikov

Yegor Tsvetukhin
(as V. Druzhnikov)

Daniil Ilchenko

Starik
(as D. Ilchenko)

Ivan Voronov

polkovnik Polotentsev
(as I. Voronov)

Boris Novikov

Viktor Shubnikov

Vasili Bokarev

Aktor
(as A. Bokarev)

Stepan Borisov

Zhandarm

Nikolai Chistyakov

Doktor
(as N. Chistyakov)

V. Dubovik

Georgiy Georgiu

Anatoliy Oznobishin
(as G. Georgiu)

Director
- Vladimir Basov
Writers
- Konstantin Fedin
- Aleksei Kapler
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I don't agree with summary as it's written

There are a few points I would like to correct in plot summery. Because it has some factual mistakes. "She does not respond to Kirill Izvekov, and her behavior is hurting his feelings." - She does respond. And it was not her behavior, or his feelings for her that pushed Kirill to the path of revolution. He was quite happy with his love as it is. Origin of his disillusions lays in other things.

"By an unfortunate chance he becomes falsely accused of participation in the popular uprising and spends a year in prison. After that he matures into a professional revolutionary." He was not falsely accused - he had really taken part in printing and spreading the proclamations. And there is nothing about passing sentence on him in the movie. I don't know where from Mr. Steve Shelokhonov took information about 1 year. The final is open to any kind of conclusions. May be he would become a mature professional revolutionary, may be not - because he would die of decease serving his sentence for example.

I liked this movie a lot. The characters are not just schema or propaganda. They look quite vivid. Actors are splendid. A touch of irony and humor highlighted a few scenes. The film doesn't give ready answers. It looks like it is even unfinished. And that is what I liked it for.