When I Will Become a Giant

When I Will Become a Giant

84 mins | Family, Romance | Aug. 8, 1979

Eight-grader Petya Kopeikin, despite his short stature and nondescript appearance, is constantly in the spotlight. Petya is noble, witty, well versed in literature, he writes wonderful poems. Kopeikin has long been secretly in love with his classmate Masha Goroshkina, and she is passionate about the new student from 9 "A" Kolya Kristallov. Masha tells Petya about her feelings and asks him to hand over a note to Kolya. Deeply worried from unrequited love, Petya not only doesn't stand in the way of a happier rival, but even helps him win Masha's heart. He wants to prove that courage and honor were not only inherent in the times of “musketeer” novels, but exist in our time. Petya chooses to follow the example of the hero of the famous play Edmond Rostan and in his actions copies Cyrano de Bergerac.

When I Will Become a Giant

84 mins | Family, Romance | Aug. 8, 1979

When I Will Become a Giant
Eight-grader Petya Kopeikin, despite his short stature and nondescript appearance, is constantly in the spotlight. Petya is noble, witty, well versed in literature, he writes wonderful poems. Kopeikin has long been secretly in love with his classmate Masha Goroshkina, and she is passionate about the new student from 9 "A" Kolya Kristallov. Masha tells Petya about her feelings and asks him to hand over a note to Kolya. Deeply worried from unrequited love, Petya not only doesn't stand in the way of a happier rival, but even helps him win Masha's heart. He wants to prove that courage and honor were not only inherent in the times of “musketeer” novels, but exist in our time. Petya chooses to follow the example of the hero of the famous play Edmond Rostan and in his actions copies Cyrano de Bergerac.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Когда я стану великаном
Directors Inna Tumanyan
Writers Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Inna Tumanyan

Cast

Mikhail Efremov

as Kopeikin

Liya Akhedzhakova

as Dzhulietta Ashotovna

Inna Ulyanova

as Elvira Pavlovna

Marina Shimanskaya

as Lidiya Nikolaevna

Oleg Efremov

as Sergei Konstantinovich

Vladimir Kachan

as taxi driver

Natalya Sezeman

as Masha Goroshkina

Aleksei Dmitriyev

as Kristallov

Andrey Vasilyev

as Lastochkin

Arsen Bagratuni

as Paikin

Aleksandr Kuznetsov

as literature teacher