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My Friend Ivan Lapshin (1986)
Moy drug Ivan Lapshin (original title)

100 min  -  Drama  -   26 September 1986 (Finland)
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Director:

Aleksey German

Writers:

Yuri German (novel), Eduard Volodarskiy, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Andrei Boltnev, Nina Ruslanova and Andrey Mironov
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Cast

Credited cast:
Andrei Boltnev Andrei Boltnev ...
Ivan Lapshin
Nina Ruslanova Nina Ruslanova ...
Natasha Adasova
Andrey Mironov Andrey Mironov ...
Khanin
Aleksei Zharkov Aleksei Zharkov ...
Okoshkin
Zinaida Adamovich Zinaida Adamovich ...
Patrikeyevna
Aleksandr Filippenko Aleksandr Filippenko ...
Zanadvorov
Yuriy Kuznetsov Yuriy Kuznetsov ...
Superintendent
Valeriy Filonov Valeriy Filonov ...
Pobuzhinskiy
Anatoli Slivnikov Anatoli Slivnikov ...
Bychkov
Andrei Dudarenko Andrei Dudarenko ...
Kashin
Semyon Farada Semyon Farada
Nina Usatova Nina Usatova
Valeri Kuzin Valeri Kuzin ...
Narrator (voice)
Lidiya Volkova Lidiya Volkova
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuri Aroyan Yuri Aroyan
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Plot Keywords:

1930s | Soviet Union | Multiple Time Frames | Memory | Child  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Мой друг Иван Лапшин See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

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Lenfilm Studio See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White  | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Nikolai Gubenko auditioned for the role of Ivan Lapshin. Yet the director chose to work with Andrei Boltnev because "there was some sort of "doomed" quality about him - it was clear he'd be shot and killed". See more »