
How I Was Independent
1963-03-24 · 33 min · Not rated
Based on the short story of the same name by Yuri Sotnik. The first-grader Lyosha, when he was left home alone, decided to spend this first independent day of his life calmly and sensibly. But the neighborhood kids disrupted Leshya's plans. They used his apartment to rehearse an amateur performance.
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- Directors
- Vasily Zhuravlyov
- Production companies
- Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Aleksand MashovetsAnton Dudkin
Anatoliy KuznetsovVictor Zhuravlev, Lyosha's dad
Tatyana KonyukhovaElena Zhuravleva, Lyosha's mom
Igor YershovSenya Lastochkin
Yuri MedvedevTerenty, janitor
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