''Girl Friends'' (russian: Подруги, Podrugi) is a 1936

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, directorial debut of

Lev Arnshtam Lev Oskarovich Arnshtam (russian: Лео Оскарович Арншта́м; 15 January 1905 – 26 December 1979) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed nine films between 1936 and 1967. Arnshtam was named People’s Artist ...

. The film tells story of the friendship between three girls from Petrograd who grow up together and become nurses during the

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. The film was released in the US in 1936 as ''Three Women''.

Plot summary

Cast

Zoya Fyodorova Zoya Alekseyevna Fyodorova (russian: Зоя Алексеевна Федорова; 11 December 1981) was a Russian film star who had an affair with American Navy captain Jackson Tate in 1945 and bore a child, Victoria Fyodorova in January 1946. ...

- Zoya *

Yanina Zhejmo Yanina Boleslavovna Zhejmo (russian: Янина Болеславовна Жеймо; pl, Janina Bolesławowna Żejmo; 29 May 1909 – 29 December 1987) was a Soviet actress of Polish origin. Her father was Polish and her mother was Russian. She ...

- Asya * Irina Zarubina - Natasha *

Boris Chirkov Boris Petrovich Chirkov (russian: Борис Петрович Чирков; 13 August 1901, Brianka – 28 May 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. He was awarde ...

- Senka * Boris Babochkin - Andrei * Nikolay Cherkasov - White Army officer *

Vasili Merkuryev Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet actor, stage director and drama teacher. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1960.

* Boris Blinov * Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina * Pavel Volkov * Stepan Kayukov * Stepan Krylov * Boris Poslavsky * Serafima Birman * I. Antipova * D. Pape * Varvara Popova * Vera Popova * Pavel Sukhanov

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* * 1936 films Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Lev Arnshtam Russian Civil War films Films scored by Dmitri Shostakovich Soviet drama films 1936 drama films 1930s Russian-language films 1930s Soviet films {{1930s-USSR-film-stub