''Sporting Honour'' () is a 1951 Soviet
sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport or a sports-related topic is prominently featured or is a focus of the plot. D ...
directed by
Vladimir Petrov and starring
Aleksei Gribov, Grigori Sergeyev and Margarita Lifanova. It was awarded the
Stalin Prize, although political objections had delayed its release.
[Freedman p.192]
Plot
Worker of the Ural plant Vetlugin becomes a member of the Moscow football team 'Turbina'. Known to the whole country captain and center striker Vitaly Grinko is jealous of the newcomer and tries to discredit the simple-minded football player. The whole team takes the newcomer's side, criticizes the behavior of the captain, and in the game with the foreign team wins.
Cast
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Aleksei Gribov as Pyotr Semyonovich Grinko
* Grigori Sergeyev as Vitali Grinko
* Margarita Lifanova as Tonya Grinko
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Lev Frichinsky as Vetlugin
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Nikolay Kryuchkov as Coach of 'Turbina' team
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Vadim Sinyavsky as Radio announcer
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Boris Sitko
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Anastasia Zuyeva as Ekaterina Nikolaevna Grinko
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Vladimir Vladislavskiy
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Lev Fenin
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Mikhail Semichastny
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Mikhail Antonevich
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Boris Kochetov
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Aleksandr Malyavkin
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Vsevolod Radikorskiy
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Nina Grebeshkova Tonya's friend
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Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen of Fortune'', '' Mimino'' and '' Striped Trip''. Called "one ...
as Waiter
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Tatyana Konyukhova
Tatyana Georgyevna Konyukhova (; 12 November 1931 – 2 April 2024) was a Soviet actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991). She was also a Member of the CPSU from 1967.
Biography
Tatyana Konyukhova was born on 12 November 1931 in Tashkent ( ...
as Tonya's friend
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Valentina Telegina
Valentina Petrovna Telegina (; February 23, 1915 — October 4, 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress.
Biography
Valentina Petrovna Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the Rostov Oblast).
In 1 ...
as Vetlugina
References
Bibliography
* Freedman, John. ''Silence's roar: the life and drama of Nikolai Erdman''.
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History
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, 1992.
External links
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1951 films
1950s sports comedy-drama films
1950s Soviet films
1950s Russian-language films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet association football films
Soviet sports comedy films
Soviet comedy-drama films
Soviet sports drama films
Russian-language comedy-drama films
Films directed by Vladimir Petrov
Mosfilm films
Russian-language sports comedy films
Russian-language sports drama films
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