Inna TUMANYAN
Инна ТУМАНЯН
Inna TOUMANIAN
USSR, 1972, 95mn 
fiction
Fifteenth Spring
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Пятнадцатая весна

 

 Le Quinzième printemps

 Pyatnadtsataya vesna

 
Directed by : Inna TUMANYAN (Инна ТУМАНЯН )
 
Cast
Raimundas BANIONIS (Раймундас БАНИОНИС) ...Sasha
Tatyana DRUBICH (Татьяна ДРУБИЧ) ...Alena
Aleksandr KALYAGIN (Александр КАЛЯГИН)
Panteleimon KRYMOV (Пантелеймон КРЫМОВ)
Aleksandr KAIDANOVSKY (Александр КАЙДАНОВСКИЙ)
Uldis LIELDIDZ (Улдис ЛИЕЛДИДЖ)
 
Cinematography : Valery GINZBURG (Валерий ГИНЗБУРГ)
Production : Gorky Film Studio
Spectators : 2,2 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 13/03/1974
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb

Plot synopsis
15-year-old romantic Sasha dreams of traveling and knightly deeds for the glory of a beautiful lady, classmate Alena. However, his innocent plans are disrupted by the war. In order to contribute to the fight against the invader, the brave guy becomes an assistant to a partisan detachment. He does not realize that very soon a treacherous denunciation will lure him into a fascist trap. But even during interrogations, boldly looking death in the face, the noble Sasha does not flinch, realizing that this fifteenth spring is the last spring of his life...
 

Commentaries
Образ ребенка в фильмах советских кинематографисток [L'image de l'enfant dans les films des cinéastes-femmes soviétiques], Sofiya KILDIGULOVA, hsedesign.ru, 2026
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Childhood and Soviet cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026
- Official list of Russian films for school programs, (kinoglaz.fr), 2024

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