Vladimir GERASIMOV
Владимир ГЕРАСИМОВ
Vladimir GUERASSIMOV
USSR, 1957, 76mn 
Colour, fiction
Guttaperchevyy malchik
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Гуттаперчевый мальчик

 

 A Rubber Boy

 Un petit garçon élastique

 
Directed by : Vladimir GERASIMOV (Владимир ГЕРАСИМОВ)
Companies : Mosfilm
Spectators : 20 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Screen version of the story of the same name by D. Grigorovich. Petya became a flat orphan after his mother’s death and was sent apprentice to Bekker, a circus man of muscle and a cruel and unfair person. Clown Edwards sympathized and loved the boy and secretly taught him real circus skills. But once the boy was frightened by the shouts of Bekker during the performance and fell down to his death.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru