How I Was Independent

Based on the short story of the same name by Yuri Sotnik. The first-grader Lyosha, when he was left home alone, decided to spend this first independent day of his life calmly and sensibly. But the neighborhood kids disrupted Leshya's plans. They used his apartment to rehearse an amateur performance.

Cast

Aleksand Mashovets

as Anton Dudkin

Vladimir Semenov

as Lyosha

Anatoliy Kuznetsov

as Victor Zhuravlev, Lyosha's dad

Tatyana Konyukhova

as Elena Zhuravleva, Lyosha's mom

Igor Yershov

as Senya Lastochkin

Yuri Medvedev

as Terenty, janitor

Vasili Neshchiplenko

as policeman

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