Khod beloy korolevy (1972)

A ski coach in a midlife crisis is about to quit his career in sports.

Director:

Viktor Sadovsky

Writers:

Lev Kassil (screenplay), Lev Kassil (story),

Stars:

Svetlana Golovina, Kirill Lavrov, Viktoriya Fyodorova

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Svetlana Golovina	...	Natasha
Kirill Lavrov	...	The ski trainer
Viktoriya Fyodorova
Nikolai Ozerov	...	Karychev, a sports commentator
Konstantin Kornakov	...	(as Kostya Kornakov)
Evgeniy Evstigneev	...	Dryzhik
Iosif Konopatsky
Aleksey Kozhevnikov	...	Remizkin
Leonid Kuravlyov	...	Tyulikov
Aleksei Smirnov	...	Kryzhalov
Lyudmila Staritsyna
Lyudmila Vasyutinskaya
Nikolay Sergeev	...	Ivan Dmitrievich
Vera Kuznetsova	...	Natasha's mother
Anatoliy Papanov	...	Natasha's father

Storyline

The film is based on the eponymous book by Lev Kassil. Natasha is called "The White Queen", because she is the winner of many international ski competitions. Her coach is going through a midlife crisis. He makes a decision to quit his career in sports. His loyal student, Natasha, convinces him to continue being her coach for another competition.

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Plot Keywords:

coach | ski | competition | winner | color in title | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Sport

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

12 October 1972 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

A Move of a White Queen

Filming Locations:

Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was banned in the Soviet Union because the actress Viktoria Fedorova emigrated to USA in 1975.

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