An Unusual Summer

An Unusual Summer (Russian: Необыкновенное лето, romanized: Neobyknovennoye leto) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Basov.^[1]

An Unusual Summer
Russian: Необыкновенное лето
Directed by	Vladimir Basov
Written by	Aleksei Kapler
Starring	Viktor Korshunov Roza Makagonova Vladimir Yemelyanov Mikhail Nazvanov Yury Yakovlev
Cinematography	Timofey Lebeshev
Edited by	Antonina Medvedeva
Music by	Mikhail Ziv
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	103 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

The film takes place in 1919 in Saratov. Student Kirill Izvekov becomes Commissioner of the Red Army and participates in the battle with Wrangel and the capture of the city.^[2]

Cast

• Viktor Korshunov^[3] as Kirill Izvekov
• Roza Makagonova^[4] as Anochka
• Vladimir Yemelyanov as Ragosyn
• Mikhail Nazvanov as Pastukhov
• Yury Yakovlev^[5][6] as Dybych
• Yevgeny Teterin as Dorogomilov
• Vladimir Druzhnikov as Tsvetukhin
• Georgi Georgiu as Oznobishin
• Afanasi Kochetkov as sailor Strashnov
• Tatyana Konyukhova as Liza Meshkova
• Nikolai Kryukov as chairman
• Boris Novikov as Viktor Shubnikov
• Gleb Strizhenov as Ipat Ipatiev
• Valentina Ushakova as Asya Pastukhova
• Olga Zhiznyeva as Vera Izvekova^[7]

Release

Vladimir Basov's film was watched by 21.9 million viewers, which is the 815th place in the entire history of the Soviet film distribution.^[8]