''Volunteers'' (russian: Добровольцы, Dobrovoltsy) is a Soviet feature film released in 1958. It is based on the poetic novel of same name by

Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky Yevgeny Aronovich Dolmatovsky (; 5 May 1915 – 10 September 1994) was a Soviet and Russian poet and lyricist. He was born and died in Moscow. Examples of his songs * Ballad of the Siberian Land (music by Nikolai Kryukov) - 1947 :The theme son ...

Plot

The film takes place during the 1930s to 1950s. Three inseparable male friends – Kaitanov, Ufimtsev, and Akishin – voluntarily became the first builders of the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first ...

. The film also tells the story of the friendship between three women: Olya, Masha, and Tanya. The main themes of the movie include the labor front, Spanish volunteer brigades, World War II, and post-war labor in peacetime. The film shows a variety of emotions: joy and sorrow, victory and loss, love and happiness.

Cast

Mikhail Ulyanov Mikhail Ulyanov may refer to: * Mikhail Alexandrovich Ulyanov, actor * Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov, diplomat {{disambig ...

as Nikolai Kaitanov * Pyotr Shcherbakov as Vyacheslav Ufimtsev *

Leonid Bykov Leonid Fedorovich Bykov (russian: Леонид Фёдорович Быков, uk, Леонід Федорович Биков; 11 December 1928, in Znamenka village, Artemivsk Okruha of Ukrainian SSR – 11 April 1979, in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, U ...

as Aleksei Akishin *

Elina Bystritskaya Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya (4 April 1928 – 26 April 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses in the Soviet and Russian film industry. Her career spann ...

as Olga Teplova, Kaitanov's wife * Lyudmila Krylova as Masha Suvorova, pilot-paratrooper * Mikaela Drozdovskaya as Tanya, Ufimtsev's wife *

Maria Vinogradova Maria Sergeyevna Vinogradova (russian: Мари́я Серге́евна Виногра́дова; 13 July 1922 – 2 July 1995) was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1940 to 1995. Filmography References ...

as Sergeant Valya Kukhnarenko *

Lyudmila Ivanova Lyudmila Ivanovna Ivanova (russian: Людмила Ивановна Иванова; 22 June 1933 – 7 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). She was awarded the Order of Honour and the ...

as Komsomol's member * Lyudmila Marchenko as Kaitanov Jr.'s girlfriend * Svetlana Kharitonova as military regulator *

Nonna Mordyukova Noyabrina Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Но́нна (Ноябри́на) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; 25 November 1925 – 6 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974). She was the star ...

as subway builder

Awards

All-Union Film Festival The All-Union Film Festival (russian: Всесоюзный кинофестиваль; tr.:''Vsesoyuznyy kinofestival'', also known as ВКФ; ''VKF'') was one of the most important film festivals of the Soviet Union. It was founded in 1958 and he ...

— Third PrizeСайт памяти Леонида Быкова
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References

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*{{IMDb title, 0051541
Великие советские фильмы. 100 фильмов, ставших легендами
Soviet drama films 1958 drama films 1958 films Gorky Film Studio films Films based on Russian novels 1950s Russian-language films