A Summer To Remember
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Cast & Crew
Georgiy Daneliya
Borya Barkhatov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Irina Skobtseva
Natasha Chechyotkina
Seryozha Metelitsyn
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Synopsis
Five-year-old Seryozha lives with his widowed mother, Maryana, in a small provincial town. Suddenly the happy routine of the youngster's life is disrupted by the news that his mother has remarried to an imposing stranger, Korostelyov. Seryozha's doubts and misgivings are allayed, however, as he discovers that Korostelyov is a kind and understanding man. On his first day off from work as a collective farm director, Korostelyov buys Seryozha a bicycle, which the child and his playmates quickly demolish. Seryozha timidly returns home with his present, but his stepfather quietly assures him that the damage can be repaired. Seryozha is completely won over when Korostelyov defends him for insulting a foolish uncle. A short time later Seryozha's mother gives birth to another child, whom the youngster greets with mixed feelings of wonder and jealousy. With the coming of winter, Korostelyov is transferred to another farm in a more rugged and less populated region. Because Seryozha's health is fragile, it is decided that he should be left behind with an aunt until the following summer. But as the parents prepare to leave, Korostelyov decides to take the heartbroken child along.
Cast
Borya Barkhatov
Sergey Bondarchuk
Irina Skobtseva
Natasha Chechyotkina
Seryozha Metelitsyn
Yura Kozlov
Alyosha Dotsenko
L. Sokolova
Vasiliy Merkuryev
A. Panova
K. Frolova
Nikolay Sergeyev
Valentin Bryleyev
V. Brovkin
Ye. Gulyayeva
P. Vinnik
M. Zharova
Ye. Zhdanova
P. Kiryutkin
Ye. Kudryashov
Crew
Boris Chaykovskiy
P. Chechyotkina
Georgiy Daneliya
J. Jay Frankel
M. Kachalova
Leonid Kosmatov
V. Nisskaya
Anatoliy Nitochkin
Vera Panova
B. Pluzhnikov
A. Roytman
N. Spiridonova
Igor Talankin
D. Tambiyeva
L. Trakhtenberg
Viktor Tsirgiladze
K. Yarmolyuk
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Released in the U.S.S.R. in August 1960 as Seryozha.
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted One of the Year's Five Best Foreign Language Films by the 1961 National Board of Review.
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Foreign Language Films by the 1961 New York Times Film Critics.
Released in United States Fall November 1961
Feature directorial debut for directors Danelya and Talankin.
Released in United States Fall November 1961
