Georgi DANELIYA
Георгий ДАНЕЛИЯ
Gueorgui DANELIA
USSR, 1975, 92mn 
Colour, fiction
Afonya
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Афоня

 

 Afonia

 Afonia

 
Directed by : Georgi DANELIYA (Георгий ДАНЕЛИЯ)
Writing credits : Aleksandr BORODIANSKY (Александр БОРОДЯНСКИЙ)
 
Cast
Vladimir BASOV (Владимир БАСОВ) ...Belikov
Borislav BRONDUKOV (Борислав БРОНДУКОВ) ...Fedoul
Nikolay GRINKO (Николай ГРИНЬКО) ...Egor Lechtchev
Savely KRAMAROV (Савелий КРАМАРОВ) ...Le maître de maison
Leonid KURAVLYOV (Леонид КУРАВЛЕВ) ...Afonia
Yevgeni LEONOV (Евгений ЛЕОНОВ) ...Kolia
Radner MURATOV (Раднэр МУРАТОВ)
Nikolay PARFENOV (Николай ПАРФЕНОВ)
Gottlieb RONINSON (Готлиб РОНИНСОН) ...Le maître de maison
Nina RUSLANOVA (Нина РУСЛАНОВА) ...Tamara
Yevgeniya SIMONOVA (Евгения СИМОНОВА) ...Katia Sneguireva
Valentina TALYZINA (Валентина ТАЛЫЗИНА) ...Vostriakova
Aleksey VANIN (Алексей ВАНИН) ...Le diplomate
 
Cinematography : Sergey VRONSKY (Сергей ВРОНСКИЙ)
Production design : Boris NEMECHEK (Борис НЕМЕЧЕК)
Music : Moisey VAYNBERG (Моисей ВАЙНБЕРГ)
Sound : Yevgeni_2 FEDOROV (Евгений_2 ФЕДОРОВ)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 62,2 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 13/10/1975
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Awards :
Grand prix du Festival de l'URSS à Tachkent, 1975
1ère place par le nombre de spectateurs en 1975 (62.2 millions)

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Arkéion Films

Plot synopsis
A funny and sad story about a plumber Afanasy, who is usually called Afonya. His way of life - convivial companions and casual girlfriends, - makes his soul scanty. But young Katya helps him to begin the new life.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Dix films soviétiques sous-estimés à regarder en ligne gratuitement, Alexandra GOUZEVA, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2024
Top-14 des comédies soviétiques intemporelles à regarder en ligne avec des sous-titres, RUSSIA BEYOND, 2023
Afonya [de Gueorgui Danelia] – tragicomédie lyrique (1975), meetrussia.online, 2019
 
Reviews from Russian viewers

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Soviet comedies, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2024
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2009

Photos and videos
 

Film with English subtitles on mosfilm.ru