Girl Seeks Father

Girl Seeks Father
Girl Seeks Father
Directed by	Lev Golub
Written by	Konstantin Gubarevich; Yevgeni Ryss
Starring	Anna Kamenkova; Vladimir Guskov; Nikolai Barmin; Vladimir Dorofeyev; Anna Yegorova; Evgeniy Grigorev
Cinematography	Oleg Avdeyev; Izrail Pikman
Music by	Yuri Belzatsky; Vladimir Olovnikov
Production; companies	Belarusfilm; CinemaScope
Release date	1959;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Girl Seeks Father (Russian: Девочка ищет отца, romanized: Devochka ishchet otsa) is a 1959 Soviet children's drama film that was produced by Yuri Bulychyov at the Belarusfilm, directed by Lev Golub,^[1] and which stars Anna Kamenkova, Vladimir Guskov, Nikolai Barmin. Writers: Konstantin Gubarevich, Yevgeny Ryss.^[2] In 1959, it was the fifth film in Soviet Union in terms of the box office. It was watched by over 35 million spectators,^[3] which makes it the third watched Belarusian film ever.^[4]

Plot[edit]

The film was set in Russia during World War II and is about a 5-year-old girl searching for her partisan leader father while escaping from the Nazis, who try to catch her to make her their hostage, and a young boy trying to save her. For some time, when the girl is lost in the forest alone or when Nazis finally catch two children, hope is almost lost.

Cast[edit]

Credited cast

Anna Kamenkova as Lena
Vladimir Guskov as Yanka, forester's grandson
Nikolai Barmin as Panas
Vladimir Dorofeyev as forester
Anna Yegorova as Praskovya Ivanovna
Yevgeni Grigorev as Konstantin Lvovich, Medical Assistant
Nina Grebeshkova as Anya
Konstantin Bartashevich as Gunter, German Commandant

Rest of cast

Viktor Uralsky as partisan Volodya
Yevgeni Polosin as The Headmen
Ivan Shatillo as Commissar

Awards[edit]

Mar del Plata International Film Festival , 3° Edition 1960. Best Child Performance (Anna Kamenkova).^[2]^[3]^[5]
The 25th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association, 1962 . Ten Best Foreign Films.

References[edit]

^ История мозырянина, который снимал картины, ставшие классикой советского кинематографа
^ ^a ^b Eglit, Lev (26 December 2012). "Первая роль Каменковой, или Как причудливы зигзаги судьбы" (in Russian). Uralsky Rabochy. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Razzakov, Fyodor (2015). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785425088185.
^ Yuditskaya, Veronika (27 August 2014). "В Музее истории белорусского кино состоятся показы лучших детских фильмов режиссера Льва Голуба" (in Russian). Minsk-Novosti. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Биография Анны Каменковой" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

External links[edit]

Girl Seeks Father at IMDb

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[1] История мозырянина, который снимал картины, ставшие классикой советского кинематографа

[eglit-2] Eglit, Lev (26 December 2012). "Первая роль Каменковой, или Как причудливы зигзаги судьбы" (in Russian). Uralsky Rabochy. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[razzakov-3] Razzakov, Fyodor (2015). Гибель советского кино. Интриги и споры. 1918-1972 (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 9785425088185.

[4] Yuditskaya, Veronika (27 August 2014). "В Музее истории белорусского кино состоятся показы лучших детских фильмов режиссера Льва Голуба" (in Russian). Minsk-Novosti. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[5] "Биография Анны Каменковой" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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