The Encounter of a Lifetime

The Encounter of a Lifetime (Russian: Навстречу жизни) is a 1952 Soviet film directed by Nikolay Lebedev and starring Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Vladimir Sokolov and Georgi Semyonov. It was based on the novel Little Star by Ivan Vasilenko.

The Encounter of a Lifetime
Directed by	Nikolay Lebedev
Written by	Ekaterina Vinogradskaya
Starring	Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Cinematography	Veniamin Levitin
Music by	Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
Production company	Lenfilm Studio
Release date	1952 (1952)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

One of Leningrad vocational schools is tasked with a complicated order for production of a batch of machine tools. Not all workers are equally serious about the assignment. There is a failure. It seems that the perpetrators are found. But to punish is always easier than to help correct the mistakes.

Cast

• Nadezhda Rumyantseva as Marusya Rodnikova
• Vladimir Sokolov as Pasha Sychev
• Georgi Semyonov as Semyon Ilyich
• Sergei Gurzo as Vasov
• Vasili Merkuryev
• Anatoly Kuznetsov as Marusya's father
• Viktor Khokhryakov as chairman of the graduation committee

Bibliography

• Peter Kenez. Cinema and Soviet Society: From the Revolution to the Death of Stalin. Tauris, 2001.

External links

• The Encounter of a Lifetime at IMDb