The Throw, Or Everything Started On Saturday
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''The Throw, or Everything Started on Saturday'' (russian: Бросок, или Всё началось в субботу, Brosok, ili Vsyo nachanalos v subbotu) is a 1976 Soviet
science fiction film Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, interstellar ...
directed by Serik Raibayev based on the story by
Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ''Kir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, ...
''The Ability to Throw Ball''.


Plot

Architect Temirbek Sarsenbaev receives from a mysterious professor the gift of accurately throwing objects at a target, from a long distance and almost without aiming. Coach of the local basketball club "Arman" finds out about this, and invites him to try his hand at the game. And although Temirbek has no natural propensity for basketball, except for the ability to accurately throw the ball, his gift transforms the team which begins to count on Sarsenbaev. The team, led by the new leader, is winning a series of high-profile victories, and Temirbek himself becomes a real star of basketball. He has fans and female admirers, which he could not even dream about earlier. But success and fame do not bring happiness to Sarsenbaev, he realizes that he could not become a real basketball player. On the eve of the decisive match, he declares about leaving the club. "Arman" begins to lose without his leader, Temirbek still comes to the game to help the team. Going to the site and having achieved a break in the game, he asks the coach to replace him with a young player, who was always the backup. "Arman" wins, and Sarsenbaev finally leaves the sport after the match.


Cast

*Yesbolgan Zhaisanbaev — Temirbek Sarsenbaev (voiced by
Yuri Sarantsev Yuri Dmitriyevich Sarantsev (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Сара́нцев; 7 October 1928 – 24 August 2005) was a Soviet and Russian actor who appeared in numerous films between 1950 and 1999. He is most known for the 1962 s ...
) *Asanali Ashimov — Professor *Galina Shetenova — Estula *Lev Tymkin — Andrei Zakharovich, the coach *Jeksen Kairliev — Bakhyt Baymutdin, basketball player *Dzhambul Khudaibergenov — basketball player * Dimash Akhimov — basketball player *N. Yesengaliev — basketball player *B. Seitov — basketball player *Baikenge Belbaev — basketball player *Vitaly Grishko — basketball player *Anaurbek Moldabekov — commentator *Gulnara Rakhimbaeva — assistant director *Gulziya Belbaeva — episode *Rimma Kabdaliyeva — Aigirim *Tanat Zhailibekov — administrator


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Films based on works by Kir Bulychov Kazakhstani science fiction films Soviet science fiction films 1970s science fiction films Basketball films Soviet sports films Soviet television films {{Kazakhstan-film-stub Films scored by Aleksandr Zatsepin Soviet-era Kazakhstani films