''The Foundling'' (russian: Подкидыш, Podkidysh) is a 1940

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drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

directed by

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. The film was a production of

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based on the script by

Rina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named Peopl ...

and

Agniya Barto Agniya Lvovna Barto ( rus, А́гния Льво́вна Барто́, p=ˈaɡnʲɪjə ˈlʲvovnə bɐrˈto, a=Agniya L'vovna Barto.ru.vorb.oga; – 1 April 1981) was a Soviet poet and children's writer of Russian Jewish origin. Biography Agniya ...

and was released on 27 January 1940. It was one of the first Russian family films. Originally in black and white, it was reproduced in colour in 2010.

Plot

Little Natasha went out and got lost in a big city. Her fate was attended by all whom she met in her fascinating, full of cheerful adventure travel. Everything, of course, ended well. And while Natasha was wandering around town, she made a lot of friends, among both adults and children. Подкидыш
on

KinoPoisk Kinopoisk (russian: Кинопоиск, a portmanteau of "cinema" and "search") is a Russian online database of information related to films, TV shows including cast, production team, biographies, plot summaries, ratings, and reviews. Since 2018 ...

Cast

* Veronika Lebedeva as Natasha *

Faina Ranevskaya Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya (russian: Фаина Георгиевна Раневская, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984), is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for ...

as Lyalya * Pyotr Repnin as Mulya, Lyalya's husband *

Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (russian: Ростислав Янович Плятт; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biograph ...

as bachelor *

as Arisha, housekeeper *

Olga Zhiznyeva Olga Andreyevna Zhizneva (Russian: Ольга Андреевна Жизнева; April 17, 1899November 10, 1972) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Selected filmography *'' Property of the Repu ...

as Nelia Valeryanovna, Natasha's and Yura's mother * Victor Gromov as Nina's father *

Tatyana Barysheva Tatyana Semyonovna Barysheva (russian: Татья́на Семёновна Ба́рышева; 31 December 1896 - 10 February 1979) was a Soviet stage and film actress. Life Barysheva was born in Moscow. From 1915 to 1918 she was an actress at th ...

as dentist * Elya Bykovskaya as Nina, Yura's schoolmate (uncredited) * Dima Glukhov as Yura, Natasha's brother (uncredited) * Vitya Boyko as Alyosha, Yura's schoolmate (uncredited) * Andrey Starostin as cameo, football player (uncredited) * Stanislaus Leyta as cameo, football player (uncredited) * Nikolay Arsky as militia chief (uncredited) * Ivan Lobyzovsky as Sergeev, member of the search group (uncredited) *

Lev Anninsky Lev Alexandrovich Anninsky (russian: Лев Александрович Аннинский, 7 April 1934 – 6 November 2019) was a Soviet and Russian literary critic, historian, publicist, essayist and author of more than 30 books. He was also a ...

as boy from the kindergartenНе учить читателя читать
(uncredited) *

Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Dmitrievich Papanov (russian: Анатолий Дмитриевич Папанов, links=https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Папанов,_Анатолий_Дмитриевич, translit=Anatoliy Dmitriyevich Papanov, label=; 31 October 1 ...

as passer (uncredited) *

Fyodor Odinokov Fyodor Ivanovich Odinokov (russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Одино́ков; — 19 February 1994) was a Soviet actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1938 to 1994. Selected filmography References External links * * ...

as passer (uncredited) *

Oleg Basilashvili Oleg Valerianovich Basilashvili (russian: Оле́г Валериа́нович Басилашви́ли; ka, ოლეგ ბასილაშვილი, ; born 26 September 1934) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist ...

as boy on the bike (uncredited)

History

During the years of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

, the film's negative was destroyed during the bombing, but a preserved positive copy was found in the USSR State Film Fund.

References

External links

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