Walking the Streets of Moscow (1964)

Original title

Я шагаю по Москве

Directed by

Georgiy Daneliya

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 88 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young writer arrives in Moscow and meets a construction worker and a subway builder. Together they wander around the city, meeting a friendly girl and getting into small adventures.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatgentleromanticnostalgiccharmingbreezy

What happens

Walking the Streets of Moscow (I Walk Around Moscow, Russian: Я шагаю по Москве) is a 1964 Soviet romantic comedy film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm studios. It stars Nikita Mihalkov, Aleksei Loktev, Yevgeny Steblov and Galina Polskikh. The film also features four People's Artists of the USSR: Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Lev Durov, and Inna Churikova. The famous movie theme, performed by Mikhalkov, was written by the composer Andrey Petrov. The film, regarded as one of the most characteristic of the Khrushchev Thaw, premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and won a prize for the work of cameraman Vadim Yusov, best known for his subsequent collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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