Man Follows the Sun

Man Follows the Sun (Russian: Человек идёт за солнцем, translit. Chelovek idyot za solntsem) is a 1962 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Kalik.[1][2]

Man Follows the Sun
(Человек идёт за солнцем)
Film poster
Directed byMikhail Kalik
Written byValeriu Gagiu
Mikhail Kalik
StarringNika Krimnus
CinematographyVadim Derbenyov
Edited byKsenia Blinova
Nikolay Chaika
Music byMikael Tariverdiev
Production
company
Release date
1962
Running time
72 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The film follows a little boy through the megacity (Chișinău) on his pursuit to get the sun, because, as another boy tells him that going straight he will be able to get the sun, walk around the globe, and return to the place of his departure but from a different side. The world of adults and the spaces they inhabit are viewed from a child's perspective.[2]

Cast

  • Nika Krimnus as Sandu
  • Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev as Nikolai Chernykh, motorcycle racer
  • Tatyana Bestayeva as Elya, motorcycle racer's wife
  • Anatoli Papanov as manager
  • Nikolay Volkov as lottery tickets seller
  • Georgiy Georgiu as Koka, hairdresser
  • Valentin Zubkov as military musician
  • Lev Kruglyy as truck driver
  • Valentina Telegina as woman reading a letter
  • Larisa Luzhina as Lenutsa
  • Dumitru Fusu as Rike, inspector of Militsiya
  • Maxim Grecov as Lev, shoeshiner
  • Viktor Markin as happy father
  • Georgios Sovchis as Prince of Orange, construction worker
  • Georgiy Svetlani as fan de foot
  • Iosif Levyanu as taxi driver

Reception

Administrative measures were taken against Mikhail Kalik because one brief erotic episode.[1]

References

  1. Peter Rollberg, George Washington University (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 344. ISBN 9781442268425.
  2. Lida Oukaderova (2017). The Cinema of the Soviet Thaw: Space, Materiality, Movement. Indiana University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780253027085.


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