Save the Drowning Man

Save the Drowning Man

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | June 1, 1968

The film tells about the pioneer Andrew and his friend. They imitate the accident in front of foreign tourists on the water. The young correspondent Egor noticed this, and as a result, the portraits of the pioneer hang wherever possible, he receives an invitation to the radio, people shot a movie about him. And now, when friends wanted to retreat, they began to realize that it would not be as easy as it seems...

Save the Drowning Man

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family | June 1, 1968

Save the Drowning Man
The film tells about the pioneer Andrew and his friend. They imitate the accident in front of foreign tourists on the water. The young correspondent Egor noticed this, and as a result, the portraits of the pioneer hang wherever possible, he receives an invitation to the radio, people shot a movie about him. And now, when friends wanted to retreat, they began to realize that it would not be as easy as it seems...
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Спасите утопающего
Directors Pavel Arsyonov
Writers Vadim Korostylev, Avenir Zak, Isai Kuznetsov

Cast

Andrei Ushakov

as Andrei Vasilkov

Leonid Karasyov

as Gulka

Egor Dyakov

as Podushkin

Valeriy Nosik

as Rusalkin

Oleg Efremov

as The Narrator

Tatyana Gavrilova

as Andrey's mother

Valentin Bryleev

as Andrey's father

Jacob Lenz

as Andrey's grandfather

Mikhail Derzhavin

as Quadrachek

Anatoli Stolbov

as Radio Director

Aleksei Smirnov

as Policeman

Georgiy Vitsin

as Начальник милиции

Viktor Kulakov

as Neighbour (as V. Kulakov)