The 1975 film by Georgi Daneliya "Afonya" was an unexpected commercial hit in USSR. The main character "Afonya" Borshev is a plumber, who spends his life partying with "buddies", many of whom he doesn't even remember after nights of heavy drinking. His wife leaves him, his boss places him on probation, his whole life is falling apart, but he doesn't realize it. Afonya met Katya at a dance club, yet didn't pay her much attention. But she is the one, who can save him... In this movie Daneliya achieves a perfect balance of satire and drama. Quotes from the movie gained a cult status in USSR.
Cast
Leonid Kuravlyov
Afonya
Yevgeniya Simonova
Katya
Evgeni Leonov
Kolya
Savely Kramarov
Egoza
Nina Maslova
Elena
Boryslav Brondukov
Fedul
Valentina Talyzina
Lyudmila Vostryakova
Vladimir Basov
Vladimir Belikov
Nikolai Parfyonov
Boris Petrovich
Gotlib Roninson
astronomer
Tatiana Rasputina
Lyudmila
Raisa Kurkina
aunt Frosya
Nina Ruslanova
Tamara
Tatyana Teterina
Leshcheva
Nikolay Grabbe
Vladimir Nikolaevich
Vyacheslav Chigarin
Vova Sedin
Vladimir Fomichev
student intern
Mykola Hrynko
uncle Egor
Gennadiy Yalovich
director at the theater
Igor Bogolyubov
Fedul's drinking buddy
Radner Muratov
Marat Rakhimov
Tamara Sovchi
Unknown
Galina Belinskaya
Unknown
Margarita Rasskazova
Unknown
Irina Shorohova
Unknown
Mikhail Vaskov
Unknown
Nina Dobero
Unknown
Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Unknown
Yuri Druzhinin
Unknown
Aleksandr Lyovushkin
Unknown
Viktor Kryuchkov
Unknown
Luidmila Tsvetkova
Unknown
Mikhail Svetin
Unknown
A. Chernykh
Unknown
Oleg Abramov
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
(uncredited)
Aleksey Vanin
(uncredited)
Valentina Gerasimova
(uncredited)
Yura Grechin
(uncredited)
Yusup Daniyalov
(uncredited)
Georgy Zholud
(uncredited)
Elizaveta Ivanova
(uncredited)
Olga Ivanova
(uncredited)
Kapitolina Ilyenko
(uncredited)
Nadezhda Karchina
(uncredited)
Svetlana Ketlerova
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Lerman
(uncredited)
Alya Matveeva
(uncredited)
Dzhakhangir Mekhdiev
(uncredited)
Valentin Mishatkin
(uncredited)
Vladimir Nikitin
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Novikov
(uncredited)
Seryozha Petrovichev
(uncredited)
Vladimir Polonsky
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Potapov
(uncredited)
Lyusya Raiberg
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Ryvkin
(uncredited)
Elizaveta Ryvkina
(uncredited)
Inna Simonova
(uncredited)
Aleksandr Florovsky
(uncredited)
Ksenya Khairova
(uncredited)
Tatyana Kharlamova
(uncredited)
Viktor Chebotaryov
(uncredited)
Yuri Shakhnazarov
(uncredited)
Crew
Georgiy Daneliya
Director
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Writer
V. Ognev
Script Editor
Tatyana Egorycheva
Editor
Sergey Vronsky
Director of Photography
Yusup Daniyalov
First Assistant Director
V. Kryuchkov
First Assistant Director
M. Rasskazova
Assistant Director
V. Neklyudova
Assistant Director
Yelena Sudakova
Assistant Director
Aleksandr Yablochkin
Executive Producer
Boris Nemechek
Production Design
Vladimir Kromas
Camera Operator
B. Shirokov
Assistant Camera
Sergey Kocheburov
Assistant Camera
Tatyana Razumovskaya
Costume Design
Maksut Alyautdinov
Makeup & Hair
Evgeniy Fyodorov
Sound Director
Albert Rudachenko
VFX Supervisor
Boris Travkin
VFX Director of Photography
Mieczysław Weinberg
Original Music Composer
Raisa Lukina
Music Editor
Eleonora Nemechek
Set Designer
B. Timofeyev
Still Photographer
Emin Khachaturyan
Conductor
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