The Age of Innocence (1976 film)

The Age of Innocence (Russian: Несовершеннолетние, romanized: Nesovershennoletnie, 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]

The Age of Innocence
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Directed byVladimir Rogovoy
Written byEdward Topol
StarringVladimir Letenkov
Stanislav Zhdanko
Leonid Kayurov
Pavel Nikolai
Music byRafail Khozak
CinematographyInna Zarafyan
Edited byOlga Katusheva
Production
company
Release date
1976
Running time
84 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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]

References

  1. "Soviet Film". January 9, 1976 via Google Books.
  2. "Secret Entertainment Today: Biography Vera Vasilyeva – RIA Novosti". September 30, 2015.
  3. "The Soviet Review". M.E. Sharpe, Incorporated. January 9, 1980 via Google Books.
  4. Fedorov, Alexander (February 24, 2019). "Cinema in the Mirror of the Soviet and Russian Film Criticism" via papers.ssrn.com.
  5. "KINOGLAZ : Mineurs (film)". www.kinoglaz.fr.
  6. "Leaders of Soviet Film Distribution (1930–1991): Trends and Patterns" - Alexander Fedorov
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