The Retired Colonel
1977, Russian. Directed by Igor Sheshukov.
Korney Korneevich Polunin is a career military officer, a retired colonel. His wife died when his son was one and a half years old, Alexey had already grown up, became independent, and they rarely see each other. Unable to stay at home, Polunin goes to the factory as a locksmith - in his old specialty. Friends perceive this as an oddity, and they look at him warily at work. But a group of teenagers comes to the plant's personnel department, and Polunin undertakes to lead this team, instilling in it respect for work and awareness of his need to achieve the final result of work.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 7 February 1977
- Original title
- Полковник в отставке
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Maya Chumak
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The Retired Colonel runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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The Retired Colonel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 February 1977. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Retired Colonel?
The Retired Colonel (1977) was directed by Igor Sheshukov and stars Mykola Hrynko, Oleg Yankovsky, Vladimir Zeldin.