Bumbarash
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| Directed by |
Abram Naroditsky, Nikolai Rasheyev |
| Written by |
Yevgeni Mitko Arkady Gaidar (novel), Yuliy Kim (lyrics) |
| Starring |
Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Yuri Smirnov, Lev Durov, Roman Tkachuk, and Valeri Zolotukhin as Bumbarash |
Production company | |
Release dates | 1971 |
Running time | 135 min |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Bumbarash (Russian: Бумбараш) is a 1971 Soviet adventure film, a musical comedy in two episodes loosely based on some early works and the novel Bumbarash by Arkady Gaidar.
Directed by Abram Naroditsky and Nikolai Rasheyev. Screenplay by Yevgeni Mitko.
Songs lyrics by Yuliy Kim (credited as Yu. Mikhaylov).
Film produced by Dovzhenko Film Studio and Gosteleradio.
Vladimir Mashkov directed a theater play Passions for Bumbarash.
Plot summary
It is a period of Civil War. Former Imperial Russian Army Pvt Bumbarash was a prisoner of war to Austria, but now is returning to his home village, where all, including his beloved girlfriend, believe he is dead.
The rule in the village is periodically changing between White, Bolshevik Red and then, the "bandits".
Bumbarash is trying to survive in this chaos and to return to his love.
Cast
- Valeri Zolotukhin as Bumbarash
- Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Sofia Nikolayevna
- Yuri Smirnov as Gavrila
- Lev Durov as the Miller
- Roman Tkachuk as Commissar Zaplatin
- Natalya Dmitriyeva
- Aleksandr Khochinsky as Levka Demchenko
- Aleksandra Belina as Yashka
- Leonid Bakshtayev as Chubatov
- Nikolai Dupak as Sovkov
- Margarita Krinitsyna
- Lev Perfilov
- Yuri Sherstnyov
- Aleksandr Filippenko (cameo appearance)
External links
- Bumbarash at the Internet Movie Database