Первый парень (1958) комедия

"The First Guy" is a feature film directed by Sergei Parajanov, filmed at the Dovzhenko Film Studio in 1958. This is one of the director's early films. It is included in the list of the highest-grossing Soviet films of 1959 (No. 29). The comedy was watched by 21.7 million viewers in the first year of demonstration. Sergeant Danila, demobilized from the army, returned to his village and, seeing how bored the youth were spending their free time, organized the construction of a stadium. The local bully and hooligan Yushka, who had previously entertained the children with not entirely harmless jokes, for which he was nicknamed "the first guy" and for which his beloved girlfriend Odarka Kucheryavaya was angry with him, decided to become the first football player - and he succeeded. Creators of the film: Director: Sergei Parajanov; Screenwriters: Petr Lubensky, Viktor Bezorudko; Director of Photography: Sergey Revenko; Composer: Evgeny Zubtsov; Production Designer: Valery Novakov; Director of the film: Alexey Yarmolsky, Cast: Grigory Karpov — Yefim Yushka; Lyudmila Sosyura — Odarka Kucheryavaya; Yuri Satarov — Danila Kozhemyaka; Valeria Kovalenko — Katrya; Andrey Andriyenko-Zemskov — Zhurba; Nikolai Shutko — Head of the Village Store; Tatyana Alekseeva — Frosya; Lyudmila Orlova — Yavdoshka; Mikhail Kramar — Panas; Yaroslav Sas'ko — Makar; Nikolai Yakovchenko — Grandfather Tereshka; Yuri Tsupko — Zarya goalkeeper; Varvara Chaika — Odarka's mother; Ivan Matveyev — Karpo's grandfather. Filming took place in the village of Peschanoye, Zolotonoshsky district, Cherkasy region, Ukraine. Parajanov literally fell in love with the Ukrainian village: "When I started working on the film "The First Guy", I discovered the Ukrainian village for the first time - I discovered its stunningly beautiful texture, its poetry. And I tried to express this fascination on the screen." The director removed one of the comical episodes in which the collective farm watchman grandfather Tereshka, played by Nikolai Yakovchenko, seeing that his team was losing, ran out onto the field, and, having missed the ball, hammered his boot into the opponent's goal. Help Ukraine — https://u24.gov.ua Telegram channel of the "Odesa Film Studio" — https://t.me/odesafilmstudio #SergeyParadzhanov #GrigoryKarpov #LyudmilaSosyura