True Friends

True Friends (1954)

Верные друзья

Alexander, Boris and Vasily are old friends, who now rarely see each other as they're busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the Volga river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.

Date of release
1954-04-20
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Director
Mikhail Kalatozov

Casting

Interesting facts

True Friends is a 1954 Soviet adventure comedy-drama film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.

Production

True Friends was made in the aftermath of the death of Joseph Stalin, when political control over Soviet cinema relaxed considerably. Josephin Woll wrote that "his death liberated director Kalatozov... True Friends was his first Thaw project". Its script was submitted for approval in 1952, but it was only authorized for filming after Stalin's death.

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