Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend

1h 34min

Comedy

Drama

During World War II, the Frenchman Léon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from the Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Léon, who became a journalist, and his friends came to the USSR to make a report and find Boris in the meantime. In Moscow he doesn't found, and for the sake of meeting with a friend, Garros has to travel around the country by car... The foreigners are accompanied by Nikolai, the translator, who, in turn, is looking for his brother's runaway bride, Natasha.

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Procinex

Cast

Yuri Belov

Yuri Belov

Nikolai
Léon Zitrone

Léon Zitrone

Léon Garros
Jean Gaven

Jean Gaven

Grégoire
Evgeni Burenkov

Evgeni Burenkov

Boris Vaganov
Zinoviy Gerdt

Zinoviy Gerdt

сommentator
Nina Nikitina

Nina Nikitina

Fedya's mother
Tamara Altseva

Tamara Altseva

Natasha's mother
Antonina Maksimova

Antonina Maksimova

Antonina Petrovna Stepanova
Irina Radchenko

Irina Radchenko

hotel administrator (uncredited)
Aleksey Vanin

Aleksey Vanin

theatergoer (uncredited)
Margarita Zharova

Margarita Zharova

maid (uncredited)
Lyudmila Egorova

Lyudmila Egorova

Svetlana (uncredited)
Tamara Yarenko

Tamara Yarenko

Klava (uncredited)

Release date

13th Jan 1961

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français, Pусский