Gutta-percha Boy
| Gutta-percha Boy | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Vladimir Gerasimov |
| Written by | Mikhail Volpin |
| Starring |
Sasha Popov Alexey Gribov Mikhail Nazvanov |
| Music by | Antonio Spadavecchia |
| Cinematography | Galina Pyshkova |
Production company | |
Release date | August 27, 1957 |
Running time | 76 min |
| Country |
 Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Gutta-percha Boy (Russian: Гуттаперчевый мальчик, translit. Guttaperchevyy malchik) is a 1957 Soviet drama film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Dmitry Grigorovich.
Plot
The film is set in the end of the 19th century.
Petya, is an eight-year orphan who has been given "into training" to the German acrobat Karl Becker, who with curses and beatings introduces his new assistant to the circus profession and ruthlessly exploits the child in his performances. The only consolation which brightens the harsh life of the gutta-percha boy, as Petya is referred to on the posters, is the concern of the carpet clown Edwards, who pities the orphan and secretly teaches him the real art of the circus ... During one of the performances, Petya while performing a difficult trick on Becker's demand, falls from a high altitude on the eyes of the public.
Cast
- Sasha Popov as Petya, gutta-percha boy
- Alexey Gribov as Edwards
- Mikhail Nazvanov as Becker, acrobat
- Inna Fedorova as Varvara Akimovna
- Olga Viklandt as Maria Pavlovna
- Andrei Popov as Count Listomirov
- Sergey Filippov