Alyosha's Love

Alyosha's Love (Russian: Алёшкина любовь, romanized: Alyoshkina lyubov) is a 1960 Soviet romantic comedy-drama film directed by Georgi Shchukin^[1] and Semyon Tumanov.^[2][3]

Alyosha's Love
Russian poster
Russian: Алёшкина любовь
Directed by	Georgi Shchukin Semyon Tumanov
Written by	Budimir Metalnikov
Produced by	Naum Polyak
Starring	Leonid Bykov Aleksandra Zavyalova
Cinematography	Konstantin Petrichenko
Edited by	Esfir Tobak
Music by	Vladimir Rubin
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1960 (1960)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

A modest guy, a drilling geologist, loves the beautiful and provocative switchman Zina. The faithful and boundless love of Alyosha gradually awakens her reciprocal feeling, which makes others look with different eyes at the inconspicuous guy.

Cast

• Leonid Bykov as Alyosha
• Aleksandra Zavyalova as Zina
• Alexey Gribov as Zina's grandfather
• Yuri Belov as Arkady
• Ivan Savkin as Nikolai
• Vladimir Gulyaev as Sergey
• Ivan Ryzhov as Volkov
• Igor Okhlupin as Zina's boyfriend^[4]
• Pyotr Sobolevsky as Belogorov^[5]

Production

Leonid Kuravlyov, Anatoly Kuznetsov and Leonid Kharitonov auditioned for the role of Alyoshka. Iya Arepina, Lyudmila Gurchenko and Izolda Izvitskaya auditioned for the role of Zina.^[6]