''Faithfulness'' (russian: Верность, Vernost) is a 1965 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Pyotr Todorovsky Pyotr Yefimovich Todorovsky (russian: Пётр Ефи́мович Тодоро́вский, uk, Петро Юхимович Тодоровський, 26 August 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematograph ...

Plot

The film tells about a schoolboy named after Yura, who, as a result of the death of his father, decides to become a cadet at a military school. Once he with a friend are visiting a girl and Yura fell in love with her. After some time, the cadets go to the front...

Cast

* Vladimir Chetverikov as Yura Nikitin *

Galina Polskikh Galina Polskikh (Гали́на Алекса́ндровна По́льских, born 27 November 1939) is a Soviet film actress. She has appeared in more than 100 films since 1962. In 1979 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, ...

as Zoya * Aleksandr Potapov as Murga *

Yevgeny Yevstigneyev Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev (russian: Евгений Александрович Евстигнеев; 9 October 1926 — 4 March 1992) was a prominent Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, one of the founders of the ...

as Ivan Terentievich * Antonina Dmitrieva as Zoya's mother *

Valentina Telegina Valentina Petrovna Telegina (russian: Валенти́на Петро́вна Теле́гина; 1915 — 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Biography Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the ...

as Woman *

Vladimir Krasnov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Krasnov (russian: Владимир Александрович Краснов; born 19 August 1990) is a Russian track and field Sprint (running), sprinter. International competitions See also *List of stripped European ...

as Strokov * Georgy Drozd as Platoon commander * Yu. Zobov as Sergeant major * Boris Tokarev as Lieutenant * Vera Kulakova as Lieutenant *

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Lyusyena Ivanovna Ovchinnikova (russian: Люсье́на Ива́новна Овчи́нникова; 10 September 1931 – 8 January 1999) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1993. She is an Merit ...

as widow

Soundtrack

* Georgy Vinogradov: ''In the Сlearing'' (russian: На полянке, Na polyanke)

Accolades

The film by Pyotr Todorovsky was awarded "Best First Work" at the

26th Venice International Film Festival The 26th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 24 August to 6 September 1965. Jury * Carlo Bo (Italy) (head of jury) * Lewis Jacobs (USA) * Nikolai Lebedev (Soviet Union) * Jay Leyda (USA) * Max Lippmann (West Germany) * Edga ...

, where he participated in the competition program. He also received the Special Prize of the II

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and hel ...

(1966, Kyiv).Faithfulness
// at the kino-teatr.ru

References

External links

* 1965 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1965 drama films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Pyotr Todorovsky {{1960s-USSR-film-stub Films set in Russia