Stopover in Moscow

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Movie
German title Stopover in Moscow
Original title Я шагаю по Москве (Ja schagaju po Moskwe)
Country of production Soviet Union
original language Russian
Publishing year 1963
length 74 minutes
Rod
Director Georgi Danelija
script Gennady Shpalikov
music Andrei Petrov
camera Vadim Yusov
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Stopover in Moscow ( Russian Я шагаю по Москве , literal translation: "I walk through Moscow") is a 1963 Soviet feature film in the genre of the lyric comedy by Georgi Danelija . The main roles are played by young actors such as Nikita Michalkow , Alexei Loktew , Evgeni Steblow and Galina Polskich . Many people 's artists of the USSR can be seen in guest appearances , including a .: Rolan Bykow , Vladimir Bassow , Lev Durow and Inna Tschurikowa .

That of the film company Mosfilm produced film is considered one of the most important films of the thaw of Khrushchev . It premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1964 and received an award in the “Special Mention of Young Film Directors” category.

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The episodal film describes a day in the life of Volodja, an assembly worker from Siberia who flies to Moscow for a day. The film begins with a small epigraph scene at a Moscow airport . The young Volodya sees a girl who is dancing to inaudible music. Casually they start a conversation:

- Are you leaving or are you arriving?
- I will pick up.
- Whom?
- My husband.
- Happy are those who are picked up.
- Get married, then you too will be picked up.
- So are you all going well?
- Very good.
- There's no such thing.
- There is, yes, there is.

Volodja is passing through Moscow: he wrote a short story that was printed in a youth magazine. The story aroused the interest of the writer Voronin, who invited him to an important conversation. In the metro , Volodya meets the metro worker Kolja, who is driving home from the night shift. Volodya plans to stay with his friends, but doesn't know the way. Kolja offers to accompany him.

Volodya is bitten by a dog on Chistoprudny Boulevard. Kolja invites him to mend his torn pants and introduces him to his family. Later it turns out that Volodya's acquaintances left Moscow for the summer. So Volodya leaves his things with Kolja and sets off.

Now Kolja, who has stayed at home, is hoping to sleep in, but suddenly gets a visit from Sascha, who has to do military service the next day . Sascha asks Kolja to go with him to the military office to ask for a grace period, since Sascha is supposed to marry his girlfriend Sweta today. After visiting the military office, the friends go to the GUM to buy a jacket for the groom. There they meet Volodya, who has just bought a new suit. Kolja suggests buying a present for the bride instead of a jacket. They go to a record store where his friend Aljona works.

Interesting facts

  • Was shown on West German television ( ZDF ) under the title " Walk in Moscow ".
  • The theme song by Andrei Petrow and Gennady Shpalikov , sung by Nikita Michalkow , became a famous Soviet hit of the 1960s .
  • The film's key scene (the girl walking barefoot in the rain and being accompanied by an unknown cyclist holding an umbrella over her) was the first image that director Georgi Danelija had developed the entire film from.
  • The director Georgi Danelija has a cameo as a shoe shiner.
  • It was the first role for the then 18-year-old Nikita Michalkow.
  • The sub-title “A Lyric Comedy” was added to address a complaint from Goskino who labeled the film as “a not funny comedy”.

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