The Goalkeeper (film)

The Goalkeeper (Russian: Вратарь, romanized: Vratar) is a 1936 Soviet sports-musical comedy film[1] directed by Semyon Timoshenko.[2][3][4] The screen version of novel by Lev Kassil Goalkeeper of the Republic, one of the first literary works about sport in the USSR.[5]

The Goalkeeper
Russian: Вратарь
Directed bySemyon Timoshenko
Produced byIgor Chernyak
Written by
Starring
  • Grigory Pluzhnik
  • Tatyana Guretskaya
  • Lyudmila Glazova
  • Anatoliy Goryunov
  • Valeri Solovtsov
Music byIsaak Dunayevsky
Cinematography
  • Vladimir Danashevsky
Production
company
Release date
1936
Running time
75 min.
Country Soviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Primarily Anton Kandidov works in agricultural work he carries watermelons on a boat across the Volga. Noticing how cleverly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football.

And Anton decides to follow the advice. On the way to the goalie glory, he is expected to win and disappoint.

Cast

  • Grigory Pluzhnik as Anton Kandidov[6]
  • Tatyana Guretskaya as Grusha
  • Lyudmila Glazova as Nastya, lab technician
  • Anatoliy Goryunov as Karasik, an engineer
  • Valeri Solovtsov as Bukhvostov, captain of 'Gidraer' football club
  • Yakov Gudkin as Foma, 'Gidraer' inside forward
  • Vladimir Kryuger as Tsvetochkin, captain of FC 'Torpedo'
  • German Erazmus as Redhead, 'Torpedo' inside forward
  • Fyodor Kurikhin as 'Gidraer' supporter[7]
  • Konstantin Shchegotsky, Anton Idzkovsky, Makar Goncharenko as cameo[8]

See also

References

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