The Love-Girl and the Innocent

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

127 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 16, 1973

A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.

The Love-Girl and the Innocent

127 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 16, 1973

The Love-Girl and the Innocent
A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Producers BBC
Original title The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Directors Alan Clarke
Writers Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Cast

David Leland

as Nemov

Gabrielle Lloyd

as Lyuba

Richard Durden

as Khomich

Patrick Stewart

as Gurvich

Allan Surtees

as Brylov

Michael Poole

as Yakhimchuk

Barry Jackson

as Gai

John Kane

as Chegenyov

Barbara Hickmott

as Granya

Theresa Watson

as Shurochka

Alan Gerrard

as Kolodey

Terence Davies

as Kostya

Forbes Collins

as Chmuta

John Quarmby

as Mereshchun

Jan Conrad

as Munitsa

Reg Pritchard

as Ovchukhov

Hal Jeayes

as Dorofeyev

Malcolm Hayes

as Solomon

James Ottaway

as Belobotnikov

Arthur Whybrow

as Goldtooth

Eric Mason

as Georgie

James Coyle

as Lennie

Edwin Finn

as Vitka

John Herrington

as Fomin

George Cormack

as Gontoir

Len Maley

as Kaplyuzhnikov

Peter Schofield

as Visiting Warder

Jeffrey Chegwin

as Dimta

Trevor Lawrence

as Angel

Violette Leown

as Bella

Robert Robinson

as Aga Mirza

Vass Anderson

as Pososhkov

Anthony Brothers

as Escort Sergeant

William Ridoutt

as Bath Orderly

Michael Golden

as Cook

Alexis Chesnakov

as Musician

David Ellison

as 1st Bricklayer

Norman Ettlinger

as 1st Foreman

Carl Forgione

as 1st Man

Peter Geddis

as 1st Gangleader

Brian Grellis

as Machineshop Foreman

Reg Hogarth

as Accordionist

Merelina Kendall

as 1st Woman

Lynne Preston

as 1st Student

Frank Seton

as Goner

Ted Valentine

as Smith - Foreman