Afonya
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Afonya is a Soviet film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 produced by Mosfilm
Mosfilm
Mosfilm is a film studio, which is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely-acclaimed Soviet films, ranging from works by Tarkovsky and Eisenstein , to Red Westerns, to the Akira Kurosawa co-production and the epic Война и Мир...

 and first released in 1975. The film became the Soviet box office leader of 1975 with a total of 62.2 million ticket sales. The film was shot on location in Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

, Russia
Russia
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.

Plot summary

Unlucky fitter plumber – Athanasius Borshchov (Athos) (Leonid Kuravlev) and
His friend Fedulov (Borislav Brondukov
Borislav Brondukov
Boryslav Brondukov was a Ukrainian and Soviet film character actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.He was born in the village of Dubava somewhere in Kiev oblast of Ukrainian SSR in a Russian-Polish family...

) from morning to night is not busy work, and finding opportunities to drink. Afonya with client
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

 s extorts "kickback
Bribery
Bribery, a form of corruption, is an act implying money or gift giving that alters the behavior of the recipient. Bribery constitutes a crime and is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official or...

" – and lives.

In the pub, he met with a plasterer Kolya (Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh .-Early life:While growing up in a typical...

), gets drunk, comes home. The next day he could not remember yesterday's drinking companion.

In the allocation of student interns from the vocational school master ZHEK Vostryakovo (Valentine Talyzina) do not attach the trainees to Mount Athos, fearing that he will not teach them well. Afonya still begging for his trainees. Having worked with him one day and seeing that its working methods, trainees reject it themselves.

The next day, plasterer Kohl out of the house throws wife, and he resides at Afonyia.

At dances Afonya meets Katya Snegireva (Yevgeniya Simonova
Yevgeniya Simonova
Yevgeniya Pavlovna Simonova is a Soviet and Russian cinema and theatre actress and a holder of the title People's Artiste of Russia...

), who knows about him from his brother, who played in one of Athanasius's volleyball team. But the special meaning new acquaintances Afonya not attached, because at that time fascinated by women older and already had noticed a lady. However, a romantic walk with her after the dance is over before it began – Athos watch for hooligans, one of which he managed to quarrel at a dance. Ties up the unequal fight, and not indifferent to the Mount Athos Katya is police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

.

At a regular desktop call Borshchov meets Helen (Nina Maslova
Nina Maslova
Nina Konstantinovna Maslova is a Soviet and Russian actress who has appeared in several films such as Aferisty and Depressiya.- Filmography :*Big School-Break as Viktoria Korovyanskaya...

) and falls in love at first sight. It fool me tenant, astronomer (Gotlib Roninson) by profession, was standing at the sink of the Finnish steel on the domestic iron and Finnish sink it sets in Helena home. In my dreams Athos seems the family idyll with his wife Elena and a bunch of kids.

Katya Snegireva all looking for new meetings with cheerful Athos, and leaves no attempts to attract his attention: "Athanasius! I am, someone called, I thought it was – you ... "

For persistent drunkenness, truancy, fighting Afonyia at a meeting of the team offered to dismiss. In addition, he put a condition to return the Finnish sink in its place. Afonya is a porcelain bowl with flowers to Helen to once again change, but Helen comes home with a noisy company, and behaves in a way that Mount Athos is clear: she has her own life among the fashionable and wealthy men, and he – just a plumber.

Afonya depressed, goes with Fedulov a restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...

, trying to escape, but had drunk alcohol does not help. Then he goes home to Katya Snegireva with a proposal to marry him and remain with her until morning.

Athanasius then decides to go to the village, to his aunt Frosya (Raisa Kurkina), which has brought him. In the village, he meets his childhood friend Concertina (Savely Kramarov) and with him the joy gives the city a telegram that dismissed from their jobs and rents an apartment. Only then he learns that Aunt Frosya died two years ago.

Depression increases Athos – he lost everything he had nowhere to go. Neighbour Uncle Yegor (Nikolai Grinko
Nikolai Grinko
Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko , was a Soviet/Ukrainian actor.He is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rubliov, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker. He starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.-External links:...

) gives Athos legacy – savings account in his name, the documents at home, left his aunt Frosya, and letters that she wrote on behalf of itself.

Athanasius goes to the post and tries to call Kate on Snegireva remarkable number 50-50-2, or as he says himself, "rug-rug or two." He answered that Kate left. Finally frustrated, he went to airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

. He does not care where to go and what will happen to him. And at a time when Athanasius had already headed for the aircraft AN-2, it calls out the familiar girlish voice. With suitcase in hand is worth Katya: "Athanasius! I am, someone called, I thought it was – you ... "

Cast

  • Leonid Kuravlev -Borshchov Athanasios N. (Athos)
  • Yevgeniya Simonova
    Yevgeniya Simonova
    Yevgeniya Pavlovna Simonova is a Soviet and Russian cinema and theatre actress and a holder of the title People's Artiste of Russia...

     -Katya Snegireva
  • Yevgeny Leonov
    Yevgeny Leonov
    Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov was a famous Russian/Soviet actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films. Called "one of Russia's best-loved actors", he also provided the voice for many Soviet cartoon characters, including Vinny Pukh .-Early life:While growing up in a typical...

     -Kolya
  • Savely Kramarov -Razor
  • Nina Maslova
    Nina Maslova
    Nina Konstantinovna Maslova is a Soviet and Russian actress who has appeared in several films such as Aferisty and Depressiya.- Filmography :*Big School-Break as Viktoria Korovyanskaya...

     -Elena (Elena, Helene), Beauty of the 139th flats
  • Borislav Brondukov
    Borislav Brondukov
    Boryslav Brondukov was a Ukrainian and Soviet film character actor, People's Artist of Ukraine.He was born in the village of Dubava somewhere in Kiev oblast of Ukrainian SSR in a Russian-Polish family...

     -Fedulov
  • Igor Bogolyubov -palFedulov
  • Valentine Talyzina -Vostryakovo
  • Vladimir Basov
    Vladimir Basov
    Vladimir Pavlovich Basov was a Soviet actor, film director, and screenwriter. Vladimir Basov was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.-Biography:...

     -Vladimir Belikov
  • Nikolai Parfenov -Fomin, Boris Petrovich
  • Gotlib Roninson -astronomer ("Archimedes")
  • Raisa Kurkina -AuntFrosya
  • Nina Ruslanova -Tamara
  • Nikolai Grabbe -the chief of housing offices
  • Nikolai Grinko
    Nikolai Grinko
    Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko , was a Soviet/Ukrainian actor.He is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rubliov, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker. He starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.-External links:...

     -Uncle Yegor
  • Gennady Yalovich -the director in the theater
  • Radner Muratov -Murat Rakhimov
  • Tamara Sovchi -cashierdining
  • Yusup Daniyal – cashier dining companion
  • Mikhail Vaskov -the policeman at the airport
  • Peter Lyubeshkin -Uncle Pavel Shevchenko
  • Renee Hobua – not featured in the film, although there is in the credits.
  • Alexei Vanin -Ivan Orlov, Elena's husband
  • Capitolina Ilienko -a participant in the meeting 'of housing the office'
  • Alexander Potapov -employee of housing offices
  • Michael Svetin -the driverVorontsov
  • Tatiana Rasputin -a dance partner Afonyia
  • Alexander Novikov
    Alexander Novikov
    Alexander Alexandrovich Novikov was the Chief Marshal of Aviation for the Soviet Air Force during Russia's involvement in the Second World War...

    -a bully with a beard
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