The Elder Son

The Elder Son

140 mins | Drama | June 6, 1975

Two students are late for the last commuter train and have to spend a night in a strange town. They rack their brains about where to find shelter and quite by chance they overhear a talk between father and son. The son is an adolescent who is head over heels in love with a girl several years his senior. He is living through the first drama of his life though his love is just puppy love. Then, being resourceful fellows, they think of a plan to pass one of them for the elder son of this family. The reason they give for his unexpected arrival is that he is a child of the father's long-forsaken love. They presume this cock-and-bull story will come off, and right they are!

The Elder Son

140 mins | Drama | June 6, 1975

The Elder Son
Two students are late for the last commuter train and have to spend a night in a strange town. They rack their brains about where to find shelter and quite by chance they overhear a talk between father and son. The son is an adolescent who is head over heels in love with a girl several years his senior. He is living through the first drama of his life though his love is just puppy love. Then, being resourceful fellows, they think of a plan to pass one of them for the elder son of this family. The reason they give for his unexpected arrival is that he is a child of the father's long-forsaken love. They presume this cock-and-bull story will come off, and right they are!
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Старший сын
Directors Vitali Melnikov
Writers Aleksandr Vampilov, Vitali Melnikov

Cast

Evgeni Leonov

as Andrei Grigorievich Sarafanov

Natalya Yegorova

as Nina Sarafanova

Nikolai Karachentsov

as Vladimir Petrovich Busygin

Mikhail Boyarskiy

as Semyon Paramonovich Sevastiyanov

Svetlana Kryuchkova

as Natalya Makarskaya

Vladimir Izotov

as Vasili Sarafanov