Walking the Streets of Moscow

• Nikita Mikhalkov: Kolja
• Alexei Loktew: Volodya
• Yevgeny Steblów: Sascha
• Galina Polskich: Alyona

Stopover in Moscow (Russian Я шагаю по Москве, literal translation: " I walk through Moscow " ) is a Soviet film from 1963 in the genre of lyric comedy by Georgi Danelija. The main roles are played by young actor Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexei Loktew Yevgeny Steblów and Galina Polskich. In the many guest appearances People's Artist of the USSR can be seen, including: Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Lev Durov and Inna Churikova to see.

Produced by the film company Mosfilm film is considered one of the most important films of the thaw of Khrushchev. He was awarded premiere at the International Film Festival in Cannes in 1964 and was in the category " Special Mention of young film directors ."

Action

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

- You're flying from, or are you coming to? - I 'll get off. - Who? - My husband. - Happy are those who are picked up. - Marry, then you will be picked up. - And, with you everything is going well? - Very good. - Something can not be true. - Is there but, yes, there is.

Volodya is in transit in Moscow: he has written a short story that was printed in a magazine for young people. The story has attracted the interest of the writer Voronin, and he invited Volodya one for an important conversation. In the metro, he met the Metro workers Kolya know who just goes home from the night shift. Volodya has come under in front, with his friends, but does not know the way. Kolya offers to accompany him.

On the Tschistoprudny Boulevard Volodya is bitten by a dog. Kolya invites him to mend the torn pants and introduces him to his family. It later turns out that Volodya Moscow acquaintances have left for the summer. To Volodya leaves his stuff at Kolya and is on its way.

Now hopes Kolya, who has remained at home, sleep off, but gets sudden visit by Sascha, who must for military service the next day. Sasha asks Kolya, to go with him to the Recruiting Office to ask for a grace period, as Sascha is to marry his girlfriend Sweta today. After the visit to the Recruiting 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. Kolya proposes to take the jacket to buy a gift for the bride. You go to a music store where his friend Alyona works.

Interesting Facts

• Delivery on West German television ( ZDF) under the title " walk in Moscow ".
• The sung by Nikita Mikhalkov title song by Andrei Petrov and Gennadi Schpalikow became a famous Soviet hits of the 60s.
• The key scene of the film ( the girl walking barefoot in the rain and is accompanied by an unknown cyclist who holds an umbrella over it) was the first image, from which the director Georgi Danelija had developed the entire movie.
• The director Georgi Danelija has a cameo as a shoeshine boy.
• It was the first role for the then 18 -year-old Nikita Mikhalkov.
• The Beititel " A lyrical comedy " has been added to counter the appeal of Goskino that abstempelten the film as " not funny comedy".

Awards

• International Film Festival in Cannes (1964 )

• Leningrad Film Festival ( 1964)

• Vadim Jussow - Prize for his camera work and a Diploma of VLKSM

• Congress of UNIATEC (Milan, 1964)

• First prize in the Film Competition

• Special Bonus at the International Film Revue " Capitol Jupiter" for participation (Rome, 1966).
• Price for the camera work for Vadim Jussow Film Festival of workers in Czechoslovakia.