One Summer

1936 1h 11m RU

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 7

Comedy

Synopsis

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Ilf and Petrov's only work in cinema is a comedy about the adventures of two passionate car enthusiasts during a road trip. On their way to Moscow in a car assembled from scrap materials, they meet a charlatan—a "professor" with a pretty niece. Convinced that the "professor" is a common swindler, the friends turn him in to the police, while they themselves continue on their way with the girl and are the first to reach one of Moscow's squares—the finish line of the road trip.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Igor Ilyinsky
Teleskop / professor Sen-Verbuda
Leonid Kmit
Zhora
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
agent ugolovnogo rozyska
Yevgeny Gurov
zritel'-assistent na predstavlenii
Ivan Tverdokhlib
Cooperator
Antonina Savitskaya
Fenichka
Grigori Dolgov
zaveduyushchiy klubom
Lev Ivanov
(uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Igor Ilyinsky
Writers: Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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90 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Igor Ilyinsky, shot by Aleksandr Lavrik. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vyacheslav Volkov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Igor Ilyinsky and Leonid Kmit and Ivan Koval-Samborskiy carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0186413 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Igor Ilyinsky directs. Aleksandr Lavrik behind the camera. Vyacheslav Volkov scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
290 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Igor Ilyinsky, shot by Aleksandr Lavrik. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Vyacheslav Volkov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Igor Ilyinsky and Leonid Kmit and Ivan Koval-Samborskiy carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0186413 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.