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The Elder Son

Two students are late for the last commuter train and have to spend a night in a strange town. They rack their brains about where to find shelter and quite by chance they overhear a talk between father and son. The son is an adolescent who is head over heels in love with a girl several years his senior. He is living through the first drama of his life though his love is just puppy love. Then, being resourceful fellows, they think of a plan to pass one of them for the elder son of this family. The reason they give for his unexpected arrival is that he is a child of the father's long-forsaken love. They presume this cock-and-bull story will come off, and right they are!

Top Cast

  • Evgeni Leonov

    Evgeni Leonov

    Andrei Grigorievich Sarafanov

  • Natalya Yegorova

    Natalya Yegorova

    Nina Sarafanova

  • Nikolai Karachentsov

    Nikolai Karachentsov

    Vladimir Petrovich Busygin

  • Mikhail Boyarskiy

    Mikhail Boyarskiy

    Semyon Paramonovich Sevastiyanov

  • Svetlana Kryuchkova

    Svetlana Kryuchkova

    Natalya Makarskaya

  • Vladimir Izotov

    Vladimir Izotov

    Vasili Sarafanov

  • Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

    Nikolai Nikolayev-Nikolsky

    Kudimov

Overview

Two students are late for the last commuter train and have to spend a night in a strange town. They rack their brains about where to find shelter and quite by chance they overhear a talk between father and son. The son is an adolescent who is head over heels in love with a girl several years his senior. He is living through the first drama of his life though his love is just puppy love. Then, being resourceful fellows, they think of a plan to pass one of them for the elder son of this family. The reason they give for his unexpected arrival is that he is a child of the father's long-forsaken love. They presume this cock-and-bull story will come off, and right they are!

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