''The Boys from Leningrad'' (russian: Запасной игрок) is a 1954 Soviet comedy film directed by Semyon Timoshenko.

Plot

In the center of the story is the football team "Blue Arrows", successfully performing in the cup of the syndicate of the Soviet trade unions. But striker Alexander Vesnushkin doubts the victory of the team in the finals. The alarmist leaves and his brother Vasily is put in his place. The outcome of the long-awaited match is under threat.

Cast

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (russian: Георгий Михайлович Вицин; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Terijoki, former Finla ...

as Vasya Vesnushkin (as G. Vitsin) * Vsevolod Kuznetsov as Sasha Vesnushkin (as V. Kutnetsov) *

Elena Tyapkina Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Velik ...

as Vesnushkina (as Ye. Tyapkina) *

Pavel Kadochnikov Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov (russian: Павел Петрович Кадочников; – 2 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

as Dedushkin Svetlanov (as P. Kadochnikov) * Tatyana Konyukhova as Valya Oljeshko (as T. Konyukhova) * Valentina Ushakova as Galina Kartashova (as V. Ushakova) * Mark Bernes as Lev Kolomyagin, trener (as M. Bernes) * Konstantin Adashevsky as Ivan Innokentovich, direktor zavoda (as K. Adashevskiy) * Vladimir Belokurov as Vasiliy Tsvetkov, rezhisyor (as V. Belokurov) *

Pavel Pol Pavel Nikolaevich Pol (russian: link=no, Павел Николаевич Поль) (born: Sinitsyn, 10 May 1887 – 26 April 1955) was a Russian and Soviet actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947). Biography Pavel was born on May 10, 1887. ...

as Dnjeprovskiy (as P. Pol) *

Boris Kokovkin 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 ...

as Babushkin professor (as B. Kokovkin) *

Aleksandr Zhukov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

as Spiridon Violjetov (as A. Zhukov) *

Elvira Lutsenko Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin. Elvira may refer to: People Nobility * Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of León ...

as Lyubov Maljutkina (as E. Lutsenko) *

Andrey Tutyshkin Andrey, Andrej or Andrei (in Cyrillic script: Андрей, Андреј or Андрэй) is a form of Andreas/Ἀνδρέας in Slavic languages and Romanian. People with the name include: *Andrei of Polotsk ( – 1399), Lithuanian nobleman *An ...

as Pyotr Andreyevich (as A. Tutyshkin)

References

External links

* 1954 comedy films 1954 films 1950s sports comedy films Films scored by Isaak Dunayevsky Russian association football films Russian boxing films 1950s Russian-language films Soviet association football films Soviet sports comedy films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub