Bumbarash (Russian: Бумбараш, romanized: Bumbarash) 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.
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| Directed by | Abram Naroditsky Nikolai Rasheyev |
| Written by | Yevgeni Mitko Arkady Gaidar (novel) Yuliy Kim (lyrics) |
| Produced by | Vladimir Knyazev |
| Starring | Valeri Zolotukhin Yekaterina Vasilyeva Yuri Smirnov Lev Durov Roman Tkachuk |
| Cinematography | Vitaly Zimovets Boris Myasnikov |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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During the Russian Civil War, former Imperial Russian Army Private Bumbarash, formerly a prisoner of war in Austria,[1] is returning to his home village, where all, including his beloved girlfriend, believe he is dead. Control of the village periodically changes between the Whites, Reds and "bandits". Bumbarash tries to survive in this chaos and to return to his love.
Cast edit
- 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 as Varvara
- Aleksandr Khochinsky as Lyovka Demchenko
- Aleksandra Belina as Yashka
- Leonid Bakshtayev as Chubatov
- Nikolay Dupak as Sovkov
- Margarita Krinitsyna as Seraphima
- Lev Perfilov as Melaniy, Bumbarash's brother
- Yuri Sherstnyov as episode
- Aleksandr Filippenko (cameo appearance)
- Lev Okrent (cameo appearance as Lyon)
- Osip Naiduk as bandit
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