Detskiy sad

1984
2h 26m

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The movie reminiscence of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about the military childhood when he reached the Siberian Winter station where he was awaited by his grandmother. The way was un... Read allThe movie reminiscence of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about the military childhood when he reached the Siberian Winter station where he was awaited by his grandmother. The way was unusually long, cold, hungry and angry.The movie reminiscence of the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko about the military childhood when he reached the Siberian Winter station where he was awaited by his grandmother. The way was unusually long, cold, hungry and angry.

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Sergei Gusak

Zhenya
(as Seryozha Gusak)

Sergei Bobrovsky

Tolyan
(as Seryozha Bobrovsky)

Galina Stakhanova

babushka Zheni
(as G. Stakhanova)

Svetlana Yevstratova

Lilya
(as S. Yevstratova)

Nikolay Karachentsov

Shpil
(as N. Karachentsov)

Yelena Yevtushenko

Provodnitsa
(as Yel. Yevtushenko)

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Nemetskiy ofitser

Artyom Anfinogenov

Solbon Angabayev

Viktor Averin

Matros
(as V. Averin)

Nachalnik poezda
(as D. Betashvili)

Yuriy Boldirev

Mikhail Buzylyov-Kretso

Tsyganyonok
(as M. Bozylyov)

Tanya Chukhminova

Director
- Yevgeniy Yevtushenko
Writer
- Yevgeniy Yevtushenko
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marklong

The story of youth

I had a unique opportunity to attend a semester in a film class where Yevgeni Yevtushenko was the instructor. He showed this film in class. Without giving away too many details, this is the story of a boy who grows up in a time of war and rebellion. He is taken in by a group of gypsies who teach him how to survive. Yevgeni is seen in the movie as a man playing chess in a park. He was delighted to sign Klaus Maria Brandauer to the pic. Klaus is the James Bond nemesis in Never Say Never Again. One of my favorite scenes is the wedding. The kid treats the group to a Moiseyev dance in the Gypsy style.

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A Gem

This film is a gem, in the genre of "war creates orphan" stories.

I first viewed this picture back in the late 1980's and saw it a couple times, but not since then. Nevertheless, despite 16 years passing (or fleeting) by, I still remember this powerful story as if it were yesterday.

We feel the bleakness of winter, the homelessness of a youngster, and the overall impact that a long war can have on even the most defenseless of a nation.

It would be nice to see more great Russian films released on DVD here in Europe or in the western world.