Igor Vasilyevich Talankin (russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Тала́нкин) (3 October 1927 – 24 July 2010) was a Soviet and Russian

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and

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. His film ''

Splendid Days ''Splendid Days'' (russian: Серёжа, Seryozha) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin. Plot Mother of five-year-old Seryozha has married for a second time and now Dmitri Korneyevich Korostelyov is officiall ...

'' (1960, co-directed with

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

) won the Crystal Globe (the main award) at the

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, and ''

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'' (1969) was nominated for the

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Selected filmography

*''

'' (1960) *''

Introduction to Life ''Introduction to Life'' (russian: Вступление, Vstuplijenije) is a 1963 Soviet drama film about World War II seen through the eyes of a young boy from Leningrad. It won a Special Jury Prize at the 24th Venice International Film Festival ...

'' (1962) *''

Day Stars ''Day Stars'' (russian: Дневные звёзды) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by Igor Talankin. Plot The film tells about Olga Bergholz, the Soviet poet who achieved the greatest success during the siege of Leningrad. Cast * All ...

'' (1968) *''

'' (1969) *''

Take Aim ''Take Aim'' (russian: Выбор цели, Vybor Tzeli) is a 1974 two-part Soviet biographical drama film directed by Igor Talankin. Plot The film depicts the nuclear arms race that took place between all sides in the World War II and the beginni ...

'' (1974) *''

Father Sergius "Father Sergius" (russian: Отец Сергий, Otets Sergiy) is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.Julian Connolly in Charles A. Moser (ed.), ''The Cambridge History of Russian ...

'' (1978) *'' Starfall'' (1981) *'' Time for Rest from Saturday to Monday'' (1984)

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* 1927 births 2010 deaths People from Noginsk Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian film directors 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers Soviet film directors Soviet screenwriters {{USSR-film-director-stub