1957 film by Vladimir I. Gerasimov
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| Directed by | Vladimir Gerasimov |
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| Written by | Mikhail Volpin |
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| Produced by | Valentin Maslov |
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| Starring | Sasha Popov
Alexey Gribov
Mikhail Nazvanov |
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| Cinematography | Galina Pyshkova |
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| Edited by | Anna Kulganek |
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| Music by | Antonio Spadavecchia |
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Production
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Release date |
- August 27, 1957 (1957-08-27)
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Running time | 76 min |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
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| Language | Russian |
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Gutta-percha Boy (Russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, romanized: Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich.
Plot
The film is set at the end of the 19th century.
Petya is an eight-year-old orphan who has been given into training to the German acrobat Karl Becker, who with curses and beatings introduces his new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploits the child in his performances. The only consolation which brightens the harsh life of the gutta-percha boy, as Petya is referred to on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who pities the orphan and secretly teaches him the real art of the circus. During one of the performances, Petya, while performing a difficult trick on Becker's demand, falls from a high altitude.
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