Boris BARNET
Борис БАРНЕТ
Boris BARNET
USSR, 1961, 89mn 
Black and white, fiction
Alenka
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Аленка

 

 Alenka

 Alenka

 
Directed by : Boris BARNET (Борис БАРНЕТ)
Writing credits : Sergey_2 ANTONOV (Сергей_2 АНТОНОВ)
 
Cast
Nikolay BOGOLIUBOV (Николай БОГОЛЮБОВ) ...Gulko
Erast GARIN (Эраст ГАРИН) ...Vitaminych
Nikolay KRIUCHKOV (Николай КРЮЧКОВ) ...Roman Semyonovich
Natasha OVODOVA (Наташа ОВОДОВА) ...Alenka
Vasili SHUKSHIN (Василий ШУКШИН) ...Stepan
Yevgeni SHUTOV (Евгений ШУТОВ) ...Tolya
Irina ZARUBINA (Ирина ЗАРУБИНА) ...Vasilisa Petrovna
 
Cinematography : Igor CHERNYKH (Игорь ЧЕРНЫХ)
Production design : Aleksandr MYAGKOV (Александр МЯГКОВ)
Music : Kirill MOLCHANOV (Кирилл МОЛЧАНОВ)
Sound : Grigori KORENBLYUM (Григорий КОРЕНБЛЮМ)
Companies : Mosfilm
Release Date in Russia : 22/03/1962
 

Plot synopsis
Kazakhstan, the 50s. The main heroine of the film is a nine-year-old girl Alyonka, who was sent to town to study by her parents. The girl meets various companions on her long way. The story is told on her behalf about people cultivating the virgin land, their joys and sorrows, dreams and troubles.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Rétrospective Boris Barnet à la Cinémathèque française, Paris (France), 2024
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2016
- 'Il Cinema Ritrovato' Festival, Bologna (Italy), 2011