The Age of Innocence (1976 film)

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

The Age of Innocence (Russian: Несовершеннолетние, romanizedNesovershennoletnie, 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]

Plot

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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

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  • Vladimir Letenkov as Zhenya Prokhorov
  • Stanislav Zhdanko as Kostya Sila
  • Leonid Kayurov as "Gogol"
  • Pavel Nikolai as Shurik
  • Nikolay Muravyov as police major
  • Vera Vasilyeva as Polina Borisovna, teacher, Zhenya's mother
  • Yuri Medvedev as policeman Kuvaev
  • Igor Oshotin as Alka
  • Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Alka's mother
  • Yuri Kuzmenkov as Alka's father, an alcoholic

Reception

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The Soviet journal Iskusstvo Kino 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

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  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". SSRN 3340958.
  5. ^ "Mineurs (film)". kinoglaz.fr.
  6. ^ "Leaders of Soviet Film Distribution (1930–1991): Trends and Patterns" by Alexander Fedorov
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