
A Personal Matter
1940, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj.
Fifth-grade students, misbehaving during an air-raid drill, smash a cabinet in the physics lab. Lev Prokushev, one of the perpetrators, takes a microscope eyepiece, which is soon discovered in Arkady Zubov's school bag. Arkady categorically denies any involvement in the mischief but refuses to name the culprit.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Aleksandr RazumnyjDirector
- Loengrin MinaevArkadiy Zubov
- Pyotr GrokhovskiyGenya
- Boris RungeLyova Prokushev
- Lev MirskyVitya Surikov
- Dagmara DeringerLidochka
- Yekaterina DerevshchikovaKatya
- K. GavrikovClassmate
- Grigoriy AronovAronov, classmate
- Anatoliy IgnatyevSeryozha
- Vera AltayskayaMarusya Ivanova, pioneer leader
- Pyotr SavinVladimir Vishnyakov, teacher
- Lev PotyomkinArkadiy's father
Details
- Released
- 23 March 1940
- Original title
- Личное дело
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- V. Potashev, Arkady Gaydar
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Who directed A Personal Matter?
A Personal Matter (1940) was directed by Aleksandr Razumnyj and stars Loengrin Minaev, Pyotr Grokhovskiy, Boris Runge.