''Sporting Honour'' (russian: Спортивная честь}) is a 1951 Soviet
sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...
directed by
Vladimir Petrov and starring
Aleksei Gribov, Grigori Sergeyev and Margarita Lifanova. It was awarded the
Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
* The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
, although political objections had delayed its release.
[Freedman p.192]
Plot
Worker of the Ural plant Vetlugin becomes a member of the Moscow football team 'Turbina'. Known to the whole country captain and center striker Vitaly Grinko is jealous of the newcomer and tries to discredit the simple-minded football player. The whole team takes the newcomer's side, criticizes the behavior of the captain, and in the game with the foreign team wins.
Cast
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Aleksei Gribov as Pyotr Semyonovich Grinko
* Grigori Sergeyev as Vitali Grinko
* Margarita Lifanova as Tonya Grinko
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Lev Frichinsky
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, ...
as Vetlugin
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Coach of 'Turbina' team
*
Vadim Sinyavsky
Vadim Svyatoslavovich Sinyavsky (russian: Вади́м Святосла́вович Синя́вский; 10 August 1906, Smolensk — 3 July 1972, Moscow) was a Soviet sports journalist and sports commentator, the founder of the Soviet school of ...
as Radio announcer
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Boris Sitko
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
*:''See'': List of people with given name Boris
* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
*
Anastasia Zuyeva as Ekaterina Nikolaevna Grinko
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Vladimir Vladislavskiy
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Lev Fenin
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, ...
*
Mikhail Semichastny
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Mikhail Antonevich
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Boris Kochetov
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
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* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
*
Aleksandr Malyavkin
*
Vsevolod Radikorskiy
*
Nina Grebeshkova
Nina Pavlovna Grebeshkova (russian: Нина Павловна Гребешкова; born 29 November 1930) is a Russian actress. Since 1953 she has performed in more than thirty films. She was married to film director Leonid Gaidai.
In 1954 gradu ...
Tonya's friend
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Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as ''Gentlemen ...
as Waiter
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Tatyana Konyukhova
Tatyana Georgyevna Konyukhova (russian: Татья́на Гео́ргиевна Ко́нюхова; born November 12, 1931, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a Soviet actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). Member of the CPSU since 1967.
Biogr ...
as Tonya's friend
*
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 Vetlugina
References
Bibliography
* Freedman, John. ''Silence's roar: the life and drama of Nikolai Erdman''. Mosaic Press, 1992.
External links
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1951 films
Soviet association football films
1950s sports films
1950s Russian-language films
Films directed by Vladimir Petrov
Russian association football films
Mosfilm films
Soviet black-and-white films
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