Lad from Our Town () is a 1942 Soviet World War II film directed by Boris Ivanov and

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. The film follows Saratovite Sergey Lukonin, who leaves his bride to attend tank school in

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, and later finds himself battling in the

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, surviving captivity and escape, only to face the harsh realities of the

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ahead. The film is based on the play by

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Plot

In the summer of 1932, Sergey Lukonin, a young man from Saratov (played by Nikolai Kryuchkov), leaves his hometown for the distant city of

to attend a tank school. His fiancée, Varenka, stays behind in

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, where she eventually becomes an actress. In 1936, Sergey heads to the Spanish Civil War, where he is captured by the Germans. Attempting to disguise himself as a Frenchman, he is betrayed when the Germans recognize him by his accent and try to force him to admit he is Russian. However, circumstances allow Sergey to escape. He returns to battle, determined to explore the capabilities of Soviet tanks. In 1941, with the onset of the

, Sergey, like millions of Soviet citizens, finds himself at the frontlines, where he reunites with an old acquaintance—the German who interrogated him during the Spanish War.

Songs

* ''

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'' Music:

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. Lyrics: Boris Laskin. * '' Wait for Me'' Music:

Matvey Blanter Matvey Isaakovich Blanter (27 September 1990) was a Soviet composer, and one of the most prominent composers of popular songs and film music in the Soviet Union. Among many other works, he wrote the famous "Katyusha" (1938), performed to this d ...

. Lyrics: Knstantin Simonov. Performed by Vera Krasovitskaya. * ''Romance of Varya'' Music: Nikolai Kryukov. Lyrics: Natalya Konchalovskaya.

Cast

Nikolai Kryuchkov Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov (13 April 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1932 and 1993. Selected filmography * '' Outskirts'' (1933) * '' By the Bluest of Seas'' (1936) * ''The Re ...

as Sergei Lukonin *

Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolay Nikolayevich (Mykola Mykolayovych) Bogolyubov (; ; 21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992) was a Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian mathematician and theoretical physicist known for a significant contribution to quantum field theory, classi ...

as Dr. Arkady Andreyevich Burmin * Lidiya Smirnova as Varya Lukonina-Burmina * Vladimir Kandelaki as Vano Guliashvili * Nikolay Mordvinov as Aleksei Petrovich Vasnetsov * Nina Zorskaya as Zhenya Burmin * V. Stepanov as Sevostyanov * Valery Medvedev as Petka * Aleksandr Rumnev as translator * Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Safonov * Anatoly Alekseyev as Volodya * Grigory Shpigel as German officer (uncredited)Lad from Our Town (1942) Full Cast / Crew
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References

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* 1942 films 1942 war films 1940s Russian-language films Soviet war drama films 1940s war drama films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Boris Ivanov Soviet World War II films 1940s Soviet films Spanish Civil War films Russian-language war drama films Soviet films based on plays Kazakhfilm films {{1940s-USSR-film-stub