Maksim Perepelitsa

Maksim Perepelitsa (1955)

Максим Перепелица

Maksim Perepelitsa is a cheerful, mischievous and resourceful young man from a Ukrainian village. He loves to make up stories and invent practical jokes. When he is drafted into the Russian Army, he doesn't stop his antics.

Date of release
1955-12-12
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Anatoliy Granik

Casting

Interesting facts

Maksim Perepelitsa is a 1955 comedy film directed by Anatoly Granik. The song "Let's Go" was written for this film.

Production

Anatoly Granik for most of the major roles invited Ukrainian theater actors, as all of the rural scenes of the film took place in Ukraine, Poltava Oblast. The main characters, who came to serve in the army are Ukrainians.

In 1955, the film Private Ivan was made featuring a very similar story; author of the script and of the source material Ivan Stadnyuk openly accused the creators of "Private Ivan" in plagiarism.

After watching the movie "Maksim Perepelitsa" the army accused screenwriter Stadnyuk of promoting familiarity in the army. This alleged familiarity was reflected in the scene where the company commander, senior lieutenant Kupriyanov invites Maksim, after he returns from the guardhouse, to sit beside him on the bench and at the same time gives him a cigarette from his own cigarette case.

This film is the first on-screen appearance of the AK-47.

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