I Am Twenty

(1965)Directed by Marlen Khutsiyev165 minDrama

Having returned from the army, 20-year-old Sergei settles down at the thermal power station and merges into ordinary life. Every day he meets and spends time with childhood friends — the young family man Slava and the merry fellow Nikolai, and once at first sight he falls in love with a stranger on the bus. A lyrical story about a generation of young people entering adulthood, a reappraisal of values, life principles, traditions in culture and art.

Valentin Popovas Sergei Zhuravlyov
Nikolai Gubenkoas Nikolai Fokin
Stanislav Lyubshinas Slava Kostikov
Marianna Vertinskayaas Anya
Zinaida Zinovyevaas Olga Mikhailovna Zhuravlyova
SSSvetlana Starikovaas Vera Zhuravlyova
Lev Prygunovas junior lieutenant Aleksandr Zhuravlyov
Tatyana Bogdanovaas Lyusya Kostikova
Lyudmila Selyanskayaas conductress
Aleksandr Blinovas Kuzmich
Lev Zolotukhinas Anya's father
Pyotr Shcherbakovas Chernousov
Gennady Nekrasovas Vladimir Vasilyevich
Nikolai Zakharchenkoas friend
Andrei Tarkovskyas guest at Anya's party
Andrei Konchalovskyas Yura, guest at Anya's party
Svetlana Svetlichnayaas Svetlana, guest at Anya's party
Olga Gobzevaas Vera, guest at Anya's party
Natalya Ryazantsevaas guest at Anya's party
Andrei Ladyninas guest at Anya's party
Lidiya Rasstriginaas Natasha
Rodion Nahapetovas red army soldier
Andrei Voznesenskiyas himself (uncredited)
Mikhail Svetlovas himself (uncredited)