Gutta-percha Boy (russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet
drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer
Dmitry Grigorovich
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Plot
The film is set in the end of the 19th century.
Petya, is an eight-year orphan who has been given into training to the German acrobat Karl Becker, who with curses and beatings introduces his new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploits the child in his performances. The only consolation which brightens the harsh life of the ''
gutta-percha boy'', as Petya is referred to on the posters, is the concern of the
carpet clown Edwards, who pities the orphan and secretly teaches him the real art of the circus... During one of the performances, Petya while performing a difficult trick on Becker's demand, falls from a high altitude.
Cast
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Alexey Gribov as Clown Edwards
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Mikhail Nazvanov as Karl Bogdanovich Bekker
* Aleksandr Popov as Petya Subbotin (as Sasha Popov)
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Inna Fyodorova
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as Varvara Akimovna
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Olga Vikladt
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People and fictional characters
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Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
as Maria Pavlovna
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Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Circus Manager
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Andrei Popov as Count Sergey
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Marina Strizhenova
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as Countess
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Aleksandra Popova as Aunt Sonya
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Marina Gutkovich
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as Verochka
External links
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1957 films
1957 drama films
Soviet drama films
Circus films
Mosfilm films
Films based on Russian novels
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