The Age of Innocence (, also called Minors) is a 1976 Soviet film directed by Vladimir Rogovoy and written by Edward Topol. It is not based on the novel The Age of Innocence, instead being a juvenile delinquency film set in the contemporary Soviet Union.
Plot
Russian teenager Zhenya Prokhorov returns home from military service and his friend Kostya from a corrective labor colony. They try to stay out of trouble and find a place in the world.
Cast
Vladimir Letenkov - Zhenya Prokhorov
Stanislav Zhdanko - Kostya Sila
Leonid Kayurov - "Gogol" Pavel Nikolai - Shurik Nikolay Muravyov - police major Vera Vasilyeva - Polina Borisovna, teacher, Zhenya's mother Yuri Medvedev - policeman Kuvaev Igor Oshotin - Alka Nadezhda Rumyantseva - Alka's mother Yuri Kuzmenkov - Alka's father, an alcoholic
Reception
The Soviet journal Cinema Art gave The Age of Innocence a negative review.
It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1977, with 44.6 million tickets sold.
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(in Russian, no subtitles)