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The Foundling (1940 film)

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Music by
  
Edited by
  
Klavdiya Moskvina

Director
  
Tatyana Lukashevich

Production company
  
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Directed by
  
Tatyana Lukashevich

Cinematography
  
Semyon Scheinin

Initial release
  
1939

Screenplay
  
Music director
  
Nikolai Kryukov

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Written by
  
Rina ZelyonayaAgniya Barto

Starring
  
Veronika LebedevaFaina RanevskayaRostislav Plyatt

Similar
  
Cinderella, An Easy Life, Volga‑Volga, Be Careful - Grandma!, Wesna

The foundling


The Foundling (Russian: Подкидыш) is a 1940 comedy drama directed by Tatyana Lukashevich. The film was a production of Mosfilm based on the script by Rina Zelyonaya and Agniya Barto and was released on 27 January 1940. It was one of the first Russian family films. Originally in black and white, it was reproduced in colour in 2010.

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Plot

Little Natasha went out and got lost in a big city. Her fate was attended by all whom she met in her fascinating, full of cheerful adventure travel. Everything, of course, ended well. And while Natasha was wandering around town, she made a lot of friends, among both adults and children.

Cast

  • Veronika Lebedeva as Natasha
  • Dima Glukhov as Yura, Natasha's brother
  • Faina Ranevskaya as Lyalya
  • Pyotr Repnin as Mulya, Lyalya's husband
  • Rostislav Plyatt as bachelor
  • Rina Zelyonaya as Arisha, housekeeper
  • Olga Zhiznyeva as Nelia Valeryanovna, Natasha's and Yura's mother
  • Andrey Starostin as football player
  • Tatyana Barysheva as dentist
  • Lev Anninsky as boy from the kindergarten (uncredited)
  • Anatoli Papanov as passer (uncredited)
  • References

    The Foundling (1940 film) Wikipedia