THE VOLUNTEERS (1958)

The Volunteers
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The Volunteers
Drama, War
October 20, 1958
Russian
1h 37m
Soviet Union
Gorky Film Studios

Based on the novel of the same name in the verses of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky. Together with hundreds of other boys and girls, Komsomol members Kolya Kaitanov, Slava Ufimtsev, Alyosha Akishin, Lyolya and Masha came to the construction of the first stage of the Moscow metro. They are united by the romance of the feat, the desire to always be on the most difficult and dangerous site. A romantic and heroic story about the Komsomol members of the 1930s, about the fate of the generation that endured the construction of the first stage of the Moscow Metro, the war, the post-war reconstruction of the country.

Cast & Characters

Sergei Plotnikov

uncle Seryozha

Mariya Vinogradova

Valya Kukhnarenko

Pavel Vinnik

mine's komsomol organizer

Yuriy Kireev

лётчик

Nonna Mordyukova

subway builder woman (uncredited)

Lyudmila Ivanova

komsomol girl at the meeting (uncredited)

Valentin Bryleev

subway builder man (uncredited)

Nikolay Pogodin

subway builder man (uncredited)

Leonid Pirogov

constructor (uncredited)

Lyudmila Marchenko

Kaitanov Jr.'s girlfriend (uncredited)

Yelena Maksimova

owner of the hut (uncredited)

Svetlana Kharitonova

military traffic controller (uncredited)

Alevtina Rumyantseva

female worker (uncredited)

Crew

Yuri Yegorov

Director

Mark Fradkin

Original Music Composer

Igor Shatrov

Director of Photography

Vladimir Maron

Executive Producer