1976 film by Vladimir Rogovoy
The Age of Innocence (Russian: Несовершеннолетние, romanized: Nesovershennoletnie, 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
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
- Vladimir Letenkov - Zhenya Prokhorov
- Stanislav Zhdanko - Kostya Sila
- Leonid Kayurov - "Gogol"
- Pavel Nikolai - Shurik
- Nikolay Muravyov - police major
- Vera Vasilyeva - Polina Borisovna, teacher, Zhenya's mother
- Yuri Medvedev - policeman Kuvaev
- Igor Oshotin - Alka
- Nadezhda Rumyantseva - Alka's mother
- Yuri Kuzmenkov - Alka's father, an alcoholic
Reception
The Soviet journal Cinema Art 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
- ^ "Soviet Film". January 9, 1976 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Secret Entertainment Today: Biography Vera Vasilyeva – RIA Novosti". September 30, 2015.
- ^ "The Soviet Review". M.E. Sharpe, Incorporated. January 9, 1980 – via Google Books.
- ^ Fedorov, Alexander (February 24, 2019). "Cinema in the Mirror of the Soviet and Russian Film Criticism". SSRN 3340958.
- ^ "KINOGLAZ : Mineurs (film)". www.kinoglaz.fr.
- ^ "Leaders of Soviet Film Distribution (1930–1991): Trends and Patterns" - Alexander Fedorov
External links
- The Age of Innocence at IMDb
- Несовершеннолетние (1976) on YouTube (in Russian, no subtitles)
