The Goalkeeper (1936)

7.9/10 75 min Comedy

Overview

The film tells the story of an ordinary guy Anton Kandidov. First he works on agricultural work — transports on boat on Volga watermelons. Noticing how deftly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football. And he decides to follow the advice. On the way to the glory of the goalkeeper and waiting for his victory and disappointment.

Cast

Grigory Pluzhnik

Anton Kandidov

Tatyana Guretskaya

Grusha

Lyudmila Glazova

Nastya

Anatoli Goryunov

Karasik

Valeri Solovtsov

Bukhvostov

Yakov Gudkin

Foma

Vladimir Kryuger

Tsvetochkin

German Erasmus

Ryzhy

Fyodor Kurikhin

Football fan (uncredited)

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