When I Will Become a Giant
1979, Russian. Directed by Inna Tumanyan.
Eight-grader Petya Kopeikin, despite his short stature and nondescript appearance, is constantly in the spotlight. Petya is noble, witty, well versed in literature, he writes wonderful poems. Kopeikin has long been secretly in love with his classmate Masha Goroshkina, and she is passionate about the new student from 9 "A" Kolya Kristallov. Masha tells Petya about her feelings and asks him to hand over a note to Kolya. Deeply worried from unrequited love, Petya not only doesn't stand in the way of a happier rival, but even helps him win Masha's heart. He wants to prove that courage and honor were not only inherent in the times of “musketeer” novels, but exist in our time. Petya chooses to follow the example of the hero of the famous play Edmond Rostan and in his actions copies Cyrano de Bergerac.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Inna TumanyanDirector
- Mikhail EfremovKopeikin
- Liya AkhedzhakovaDzhulietta Ashotovna
- Inna UlyanovaElvira Pavlovna
- Marina ShimanskayaLidiya Nikolaevna
- Oleg EfremovSergei Konstantinovich
- Vladimir Kachantaxi driver
- Natalya SezemanMasha Goroshkina
- Aleksei DmitriyevKristallov
- Andrey VasilyevLastochkin
- Arsen BagratuniPaikin
- Aleksandr Kuznetsovliterature teacher
- Olga AnikinaCast
Details
- Released
- 8 August 1979
- Original title
- Когда я стану великаном
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Inna Tumanyan, Aleksandr Kuznetsov
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When I Will Become a Giant runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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When I Will Become a Giant isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 August 1979. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed When I Will Become a Giant?
When I Will Become a Giant (1979) was directed by Inna Tumanyan and stars Mikhail Efremov, Liya Akhedzhakova, Inna Ulyanova.