Mimino

Mimino

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 6, 1977

Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.

Mimino

92 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 6, 1977

Mimino
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Mosfilm, Georgian-Film
Original title Мимино
Directors Georgiy Daneliya
Writers Viktoriya Tokareva, Revaz Gabriadze, Georgiy Daneliya

Cast

Vakhtang Kikabidze

as Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari [Mimino]

Frunzik Mkrtchyan

as Ruben Khachikyan (Rubik-djan)

Evgeni Leonov

as Ivan Volokhov

Elena Proklova

as Larisa Ivanovna Komarova, stewardess

Marina Dyuzheva

as Svetlana Georgievna - Mimino's lawyer

Archil Gomiashvili

as Nugzar Papishvili - the father of Varlaam

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Professor Khachikyan

Savely Kramarov

as Criminal Exiting the Court House

Vladimir Basov

as Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer

Boryslav Brondukov

as Mimino's Helicopter Passenger

Larisa Barabanova

as The barmaid at the airport / lunch lady

Aleksei Alekseyev

as prokuror / prosecutor

Ruslan Mikaberidze

as Mimino's boss

Valentina Titova

as Rodion's wife

Zeinab Botsvadze

as Ekaterina Mizandari

Vasili Chkhaidze

as Aristophanes

Kote Daushvili

as old man

Nikolay Grabbe

as Volokhov's friend

Eduard Izotov

as Vladimir Nikolayevich

Ipolite Khvichia

as Kukush

Zaza Kolelishvili

as shepherd

Abessalom Loria

as Vano

Marina Polyak

as Katya Ryabtseva

Karlo Sakandelidze

as Tsintsadze

Nadezhda Sementsova

as secretary

Viktor Shulgin

as clerk

Pavel Vinnik

as Nugzar's friend

Georgiy Daneliya

as pilot

Svetlana Starikova

as stewardess

Pyotr Lyubeshkin

as lawyer's father

Lyudmila Gavrilova

as organizer of the symposium

Sofya Garrel

as passenger

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

as Papishvili's wife

Taisiya Litvinenko

as secretary

Mikhail Vaskov

as foreign taxi driver

Tatyana Parkina

as Timofeeva (uncredited)