''Man Follows the Sun'' (russian: Человек идёт за солнцем,
translit.
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Chelovek idyot za solntsem) is a 1962 Soviet
drama film directed by
Mikhail Kalik.
Plot
The film follows a little boy through the megacity (
Chișinău
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) on his pursuit to get the sun, because, as another boy tells him that going straight he will be able to get the sun, walk around the globe, and return to the place of his departure but from a different side. The world of adults and the spaces they inhabit are viewed from a child's perspective.
Cast
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Nika Krimnus Nika may refer to:
Surname
* Ansi Nika (born 1990), Albanian footballer
* Lelo Nika (born 1969), Serbian and Romanian Romani accordionist
* Rakitina Nika, pen name of science fiction and fantasy writer Ludmila Bogdanova (born 1963)
Other uses
* ' ...
as Sandu
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Yevgeniy 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 Nikolai Chernykh, motorcycle racer
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Tatyana Bestayeva as Elya, motorcycle racer's wife
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Anatoli Papanov as manager
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Nikolay Volkov as lottery tickets seller
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Georgiy Georgiu Georgy (; russian: Георгий, Georgiy; bg, Георги, Georgi) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Greek name Georgios. It corresponds to the English name George. The name Georgi is the most used masculine name in Bulgaria and ...
as Koka, hairdresser
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Valentin Zubkov
Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov (russian: Валенти́н Ива́нович Зубко́в; 12 May 1923 – 18 January 1979) was a Soviet film actor. He was born in Peschanoye Settlement of Ryazan Province. He finished Armavir Military Aviation Sc ...
as military musician
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Lev Kruglyy
Lev may refer to:
Common uses
*Bulgarian lev, the currency of Bulgaria
*an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah
People and fictional characters
*Lev (given name)
*Lev (surname)
Places
*Lev, Azerbaijan, a ...
as truck driver
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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 reading a letter
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Larisa Luzhina as Lenutsa
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Dumitru Fusu as Rike, inspector of
Militsiya
''Militsiya'' ( rus, милиция, , mʲɪˈlʲitsɨjə) was the name of the police forces in the Soviet Union (until 1991) and in several Eastern Bloc countries (1945–1992), as well as in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992). The ...
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Maxim Grecov as Lev, shoeshiner
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Viktor Markin
Viktor Fyodorovich Markin () (born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast
) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
After graduating from a ...
as happy father
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Georgios Sovchis as Prince of Orange, construction worker
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Georgiy Svetlani as fan de foot
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Iosif Levyanu as taxi driver
Reception
Administrative measures were taken against Mikhail Kalik because one brief erotic episode.
References
External links
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1962 films
1962 in the Soviet Union
Soviet drama films
1960s Russian-language films
Films about children
Films set in the Soviet Union
1962 drama films
Russian children's drama films
1960s children's drama films
Soviet children's films
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