A Severe Young Man

The film’s content makes no concessions to the usual expectations of Soviet audiences of the 1930s. The cast of characters is extremely unlikely in almost every conventional respect. The action involves the household of the prominent Dr. Stepanov and his young wife, Masha, who share their large and richly adorned mansion with the parasitical Fedor Tsitronov, whose presence in the household is given only the most implausible of explanations. Equally implausible is the acquaintance of the family with the young and proud Grisha Fokin, whose leadership role in the Young Communist League is never clearly defined and who is never seen engaged in any work or professional activity.

Top Cast

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Dmitri Dorlyak

Grisha Fokin

Olga Zhizneva

Masha Stepanova

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Yuri Yuryev

Professor Yuliyan Stepanov

Maksim Shtraukh

Fyodor Tsitronov

Valentina Serova

Liza

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Georgiy Sochevko

Kolya

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Irina Volodko

Olga

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Olga's Father

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Dmytro Holubynskyi

Surgeon Ivan Germanovich

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Yekaterina Melnikova

Grisha's Mother

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Yekaterina Gureykina

Katya, Grisha's Neighbour

Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi

Olga's Husband

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

Sailor

Dmitri Konsovsky

Grisha Fokin (uncredited)

Pyotr Repnin

Kolya's Uncle (uncredited)