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Children of Don Quixote (russian: Дети Дон Кихота, Deti Don-Kikhota) is a 1966 Soviet
comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
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Plot

Story of an ordinary family at first glance. Large family physicians, three boys. The first a young artist (Victor —
Vladimir Korenev Vladimir Borisovich Korenev (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Ко́ренев; 20 June 1940 – 2 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and teacher, known for '' The Amphibian Man'' (1962). He was awarded P ...
), second (Dima —
Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation, ...
) is growing and looking for love, for a third (Yura — Belyaninov) life a dark cinema hall with his friend, a classmate instead of school. Middle decides to marry, Jr. fled to Africa for the liberation of the oppressed blacks, senior decides that inept and seeking a way out of a creative crisis. The father Pyotr Bondarenko (
Anatoly Papanov Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
) obstetrician in the hospital. His principle of life if you can do something for the people then do it without expecting reward, not hearing spiteful critics and scoffers. Only at the end of the film the viewer realizes that all his sons were adopted. They are children of former patients Bondarenko, who abandoned the child, and he was unable to convince them not to make this mistake, and therefore took responsibility for the fate of the children. At the final, doctor adopts a fourth boy for the same reason.


Cast

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Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...
as Pyotr Bondarenko, an obstetrician-gynecologistFilmography Anatoly Papanov
/ref> * Vera Orlova as Vera Bondarenko, plastic surgeon *
Vladimir Korenev Vladimir Borisovich Korenev (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Ко́ренев; 20 June 1940 – 2 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor and teacher, known for '' The Amphibian Man'' (1962). He was awarded P ...
as Viktor Bondarenko, the eldest son, painter *
Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation, ...
as Dima Bondarenko, the middle son, a college student *
Andrey Belyaninov Andrey Yuryevich Belyaninov (in russian: Андрей Юрьевич Бельянинов, born July 14, 1957) is a Russian businessman and government official. He is a Chairman of the Eurasian Development Bank since 2017. Belyaninov graduated fr ...
as Yuri Bondarenko (some episodes voiced by Maria Vinogradova), the youngest son, a pupil *
Natalya Fateyeva Natalya Nikolayevna Fateyeva (russian: Наталья Николаевна Фатеева; born 23 December 1934) is a Soviet and Russian film actress and television presenter. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1956. People's Artist ...
as Marina Nikolaevna, director of the theater, Victor's secret love *Nikolai Parfyonov as Athanasy Petrovich, chief accountant cinema *
Natalya Sedykh Natalya Yevgenyevna Sedykh (Russian: Ната́лья Евге́ньевна Седы́х) (born 10 July 1948) is a Russian retired figure skater, ballet dancer, and film actor. Sedykh was born in Moscow. As a very young girl, she was enthralled b ...
as Motya, freckled girl, the Dima's bride *Natalya Zorina as Valya, a neighbor and Dima's classmate *Valentina Berezutskaya as Maria Ivanovna, nurse *Sasha Blagoveschensky as Andrey, Yuri Bondarenko friend *Zoya Vasilkova as Zoya Nikolaevna, Valya's and Andrey's mother *Maria Kremneva as nurse, fallen asleep on duty *
Valentina Ananina Valentina Georgievna Ananina (russian: Валентина Геopгиeвна Ананьина; May 18, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Biography Valentina Ananina was born May 18, 1933 in Moscow. In 1957 she grad ...
as puerpera *German Kachin as Sazonov, the patient *
Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the GITIS, Lunacharsky Theater College ...
as old woman with a dog *Elvira Lutsenko as fat milf *
Galina Volchek Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR ...
as episode


Release

Yevgeny Karelov Yevgeny Yefimovich Karelov (russian: Евгений Ефимович Карелов; 12 October 1931 — 11 July 1977) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter known for comedy movies, war dramas and children's films. He was named Merited Artist ...
's film was watched by 20.6 million Soviet viewers, which is the 891th result in the history of Soviet film distribution.СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы
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* Mosfilm films Soviet comedy films Russian comedy films 1966 comedy films 1966 films Soviet teen films {{1960s-USSR-film-stub