Directed by Vladimir Gerasimov Director Vladimir I. Gerasimov Cast Aleksei Gribov | Cinematography Galina Pyshkova Initial release 1957 Production company Mosfilm Music director Antonio Spadavecchia | |
Starring Sasha PopovAlexey GribovMikhail Nazvanov Similar Brave People, The Communist, Поединок | ||
Gutta-percha Boy (Russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich.
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Plot
The film is set in the end of the XIX century.
Petya, is an eight-year orphan who has been given "into training" to the German acrobat Karl Becker, who with curses and beatings introduces his new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploits the child in his performances. The only consolation which brightens the harsh life of the gutta-percha boy, as Petya is referred to on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who pities the orphan and secretly teaches him the real art of the circus ... During one of the performances, Petya while performing a difficult trick on Becker's demand, falls from a high altitude on the eyes of the public.