The Journalist
1967, Russian. Directed by Sergei Gerasimov.
A successful young journalist goes to a small industrial city in order to understand the written complaints of a certain girl. When he met the author of the letters and the girl whom she had slandered, he didn't immediately understand the complexity of the situation and the measure of responsibility to those whom he was obliged to protect...
- Runtime
- 3h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Sergei GerasimovDirector
- Galina PolskikhShura Okayomova
- Yuri VasilyevYuri Alyabyev
- Nadezhda FedosovaVarvara Anikina
- Sergey NikonenkoAleksandr Reutov
- Tamara MakarovaOlga Panina
- Sergei GerasimovAlexei Kolesnikov
- Yusup DaniyalovNikolai Rustamovich
- Ivan LapikovPavel Pustovoytov
- Vasiliy ShukshinYevgeni Sergeyevich
- Valeri MalyshevGena
- Yuriy KuzmenkovKuzmenkov
- Vadim ZakharchenkoEditorial Staff
Details
- Released
- 23 September 1967
- Original title
- Журналист
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Sergei Gerasimov
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The Journalist runs 226 minutes (3h 46m).
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The Journalist isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 1967. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Journalist?
The Journalist (1967) was directed by Sergei Gerasimov and stars Galina Polskikh, Yuri Vasilyev, Nadezhda Fedosova.