''Shore Leave'' () is a 1962 Soviet drama film directed by Feliks Mironer. Sailor Nikolai Valezhnikov went south to the port city and spent there one day, for which he spoke with many people and met a woman with whom he fell in love and who fell in love with him.

Plot

Sailor Nikolai Valezhnikov from the

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is serving in

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. One day, he is granted shore leave. His friend Pyotr, who does not receive leave, asks Nikolai to deliver a message to his girlfriend, Zhenya, informing her that he will not be able to meet her. At the arranged meeting spot, Nikolai cannot find Zhenya and ends up calling her name. A woman, Zhenya Efremova, responds, and it turns out she has indeed been waiting for Pyotr. Nikolai assumes she is deeply upset by Pyotr’s absence. During their conversation, Nikolai learns that Zhenya works as a postal worker and has lost 300 rubles of government money, which could lead to serious consequences for her. Determined to help, Nikolai spends the day with Zhenya, trying to raise the money through a series of unexpected and adventurous methods. Over the course of the day, Nikolai begins to fall in love with Zhenya, while worrying about how he will explain the situation to his friend. In the evening, Nikolai takes Zhenya to the sailors' club, where their comrades are dancing, in the hope of collecting some money. There, it is revealed that Zhenya Efremova is not the girlfriend of his friend Pyotr, but instead a friend of another sailor named Pyotr. By coincidence, she had sent a note to this Pyotr asking for help and arranged to meet him at the same spot, but he had simply ignored her. By the end of the night, most of the money has been collected, with the remaining sum to arrive the next morning via a postal transfer from Nikolai's mother. Nikolai escorts Zhenya to her apartment, where they discover that a district police officer has left her a summons. Believing it to be related to her boss filing a complaint, the two head to the police station. After a tense exchange with the officer, they learn that Zhenya has been summoned because the missing money has been found. Relieved, Nikolai and Zhenya part ways, agreeing to meet again in a week at the same spot. However, when the week arrives, Nikolai does not receive shore leave and asks his friend Pyotr to deliver a message to Zhenya on his behalf.

Cast

Ariadna Shengelaya Ariadna Vsevolodovna Shengelaya (née Shprink) (; born 13 January 1937) is a Soviet actress. She appeared in 33 films between 1957 and 1997. She was married to the Georgian film director Eldar Shengelaya from 1957 to 1980. The actress of opule ...

as Zhenya *

Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation, he studied for two years at the biological faculty of t ...

as Nikolai Valezhnikov * Vasili Makarov as Vasily Kuzmich * Svetlana Konovalova as Zinaida Prokofievna *

Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (25 January 193825 July 1980) was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor who had an immense and enduring effect on Soviet culture. He became widely known for his unique singing style and for his lyrics, which ...

as Pyotr *

Natalya Kustinskaya Natalya Nikolayevna Kustinskaya (; 5 April 1938 – 13 December 2012) was a Soviet actress, who was a Meritorious Artist of Russia from 1999. Kustinskaya was born in Moscow, and starred in a total of twenty films. Her most recognizable roles wer ...

as Katya *

Gennadi Yukhtin Gennadi (birth name Geniy) Gavrilovich Yukhtin (; 30 March 1932 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian film and stage actor. Life and career At the age of fourteen, Yukhtin was orphaned: his mother died at the front during the Second World War i ...

as Vasily Ivanovich, former sailor *

Valentina Ananina Valentina Georgievna Ananina (; May 18, 1933, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Biography Valentina Ananina was born May 18, 1933, in Moscow. In 1957 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The G ...

as Nyura *

Viktor Sergachyov The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

as student VityaУвольнение на берег (1962) Full Cast & Crew
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* 1962 films Films set in Crimea 1960s Soviet films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet teen drama films Soviet romantic drama films Russian-language romantic drama films Mosfilm films 1962 drama films 1962 romantic drama films Russian teen drama films Soviet black-and-white films 1960s teen drama films Russian black-and-white films {{1960s-USSR-film-stub