Step Forward (russian: Шаг навстречу, Shag navstrechu) is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

film-an almanac, consisting of five novels.

Plot

Five novels, united by the history of the nascent love of two elderly people, meeting every day on the way to work. Meeting every day in public transport, they do not suspect that they are neighbors around the house, and they are constantly giving each other a lot of trouble.

Cast

;Step Forward *

Lyudmila Gurchenko Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko (née Gurchenko; russian: link=no, Людмила Марковна Гурченко; 12 November 1935 – 30 March 2011) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress, singer and entertainer. She was given the honorary title ...

as Valentina Stepanovna * Nikolay Volkov Jr. as Igor Anatolievich * Yelena Anderegg as janitor ;The Captain's Daughter * Andrey Popov as captain * Yelena Tsyplakova as Lida, captain's daughter, student *

Georgy Vitsin Georgy Mikhailovich Vitsin (russian: Георгий Михайлович Вицин; 18 April 1917 – 22 October 2001) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1990). Biography Vitsin was born in Terijoki, former Finla ...

as man in buffet *

Lyudmila Ivanova Lyudmila Ivanovna Ivanova (russian: Людмила Ивановна Иванова; 22 June 1933 – 7 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). She was awarded the Order of Honour and the ...

as taxi driver * Vera Titova as barmaid * Anatoly Popov as student * Natalia Chetverikova as girl at airport ;Father Seraphim *

Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 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 ...

as Seraphim Nikitich, engineer *

Valentina Vladimirova Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova (russian: Валентина Харлампиевна Владимирова; 22 November 1927, in Vasylivka – 23 March 1994, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p= ...

as Maria Timofeevna, his wife *

Yelena Solovey Elena Solovey (born 24 February 1947) is a Soviet-Russian film actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1966. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress in the film '' Faktas'' at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmogra ...

as Tatyana * Semyon Morozov as assistant engineer *

Valentina Telegina Valentina Petrovna Telegina (russian: Валенти́на Петро́вна Теле́гина; 1915 — 1979) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Biography Telegina was born on February 23, 1915, in Novocherkassk, capital of Don Cossacks (now the ...

as nurse in hospital * Olesya Ivanova as stationmaster ;Meat in Argentine *

Lev Durov Lev Konstantinovich Durov ( rus, Лев Константинович Дуров, p=ˈlʲef kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪdʑ ˈdurəf; 23 December 1931 – 20 August 2015) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 200 ...

as Georgy Dmitrievich, cook *

Valentina Titova Valentina Antipovna Titova (russian: Валентина Антиповна Титова; February 6, 1942 in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast SSSR) is a Russian actress. Biography Valentina Antipovna Titova was born on 6 February 1942 in the city of ...

as his wife *

Vladimir Basov Vladimir Pavlovich Basov (russian: link=no, Владимир Павлович Басов; 28 July 192317 September 1987) was a Soviet Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1983). Biography Vladimir Basov was ...

as Nikolay Borisovich Streshnikov, saxophonist ;Wedding March *

Yelena Drapeko Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko (russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Драпе́ко; born 29 October 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1972. She is a ...

as Katya Zaitseva *

Boris Shcherbakov Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щербако́в; born 11 December 1949) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985). ...

as Vovka Monastyryov, her fiance *Anatoly Rudakov as Sergey *Svetlana Vadas as Vera *Stanislav Sokolov as seller ;Total for 30 kopecks * Andrei Mironov as Markel Vladimirovich Kochetkov, dentist *

Yekaterina Vasilyeva Yekaterina Sergeyevna Vasilyeva (russian: Екатерина Серге́евна Васильева; born 15 August 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She performed in more than ninety films since 1967. Vasilyeva ...

as Lyuba, his wife * Pavel Pankov as Alexander Yevgenievich, head physician * Alexander Anisimov as taxi driver * Sergey Boyarsky as lottery ticket seller *

Vladimir Zemlyanikin Vladimir Mikhailovich Zemlyanikin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Земляникин; 27 October 1933 – 27 October 2016) was a film and theater actor. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).Natalya Krachkovskaya Natalia Leonidovna Krachkovskaya (russian: Ната́лья Леони́довна Крачковская, née Belogortseva; 24 November 1938 – 3 March 2016) was a Soviet and Russian actress, Meritorious Artist (1998). Belogortseva was born in ...

as winner of lottery *Svetlana Karpinskaya as a nurse *

Kira Kreylis-Petrova Kira Alexandrovna Kreylis-Petrova (russian: Кира Александровна Крейлис-Петрова; 1 July 1931 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet and Russian stage, television, and film actress. She was an Honored Artist of Russia (1993). ...

as controller in a supermarket *Igor Okrepilov as doctor *Inna Slobodskaya as dentist *Lidia Shtykan as worker of supermarket *Kirill Hunn as patient with a cane *

Era Ziganshina Era Garafovna Ziganshina ( tt-Cyrl, Эра Гарәф кызы Җиһаншина, russian: Э́ра Гара́фовна Зига́ншина; born February 1, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005 ...

as saleswoman

Filming

Some episodes of film were shot at the stations of

Saint Petersburg Metro The Saint Petersburg Metro (russian: links=no, Петербургский метрополитен, Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to Wor ...

Narvskaya Narvskaya () is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod. The station was opened on 15 November 1955, as a part of the first stage of Saint Petersbur ...

and Dachnoye.Метрополитен Петербурга. Легенды метро, проекты, архитекторы, художники и скульпторы, станции
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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0255594 *
Step Forward (1975)
' Lenfilm films Soviet romantic comedy films 1975 romantic comedy films Russian anthology films 1975 films