Scarecrow

Scarecrow

127 mins | Drama, Family | Sept. 14, 1984

A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.

Scarecrow

127 mins | Drama, Family | Sept. 14, 1984

Scarecrow
A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Чучело
Directors Arkadiy Khayt, Rolan Bykov
Writers Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Zheleznikov

Cast

Kristina Orbakayte

as Lena Bessoltseva

Yuriy Nikulin

as Nicolay Bessoltsev, Lena's grandfather

Yelena Sanayeva

as Маргарита Ивановна

Svetlana Kryuchkova

as парикмахер

Rolan Bykov

as дирижер оркестра

Mitya Yegorov

as Dima Somov

Kseniya Filippova

as Mironova

Anna Tolmachyova

as Shmakova

Marina Martanova

as Marina (Motya)

Oleg Bykov

as Petya

Pavel Sanaev

as Vasilev