The Goalkeeper (1936 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
Written by
Produced byIgor Chernyak
Starring
  • Grigory Pluzhnik
  • Tatyana Guretskaya
  • Lyudmila Glazova
  • Anatoliy Goryunov
  • Valeri Solovtsov
Cinematography
  • Vladimir Danashevsky
Music byIsaak Dunayevsky
Production
company
Release date
1936
Running time
75 min.
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Primarily Anton Kandidov works in agricultural workб 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.

During the work on the film The Goalkeeper, the film crew invited as a consultant the famous goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich.[6]

Cast

  • Grigory Pluzhnik as Anton Kandidov[7]
  • 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[8]
  • Konstantin Shchegotsky, Anton Idzkovsky, Makar Goncharenko as cameo[9]

See also

References

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