Alyosha's Love (Russian: Алёшкина любовь, romanized: Alyoshkina lyubov) is a 1960 Soviet comedy film directed by Georgi Shchukin[1] and Semyon Tumanov.[2][3]
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Russian: Алёшкина любовь | |
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Written by | Budimir Metalnikov |
Produced by | Naum Polyak |
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Cinematography | Konstantin Petrichenko |
Edited by | Esfir Tobak |
Music by | Vladimir Rubin |
Production company | Mosfilm |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
A modest guy, a drilling geologist, loves the beautiful and provocative switchman Zina. The faithful and boundless love of Alyosha gradually awakens her reciprocal feeling, which makes others look with different eyes at the inconspicuous guy.
Leonid Kuravlyov, Anatoly Kuznetsov and Leonid Kharitonov auditioned for the role of Alyoshka. Iya Arepina, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Izolda Izvitskaya auditioned for the role of Zina.[6]