Teens in the Universe

Teens in the Universe
Directed by	Richard Viktorov
Written by	Isai Kuznetsov Avenir Zak
Starring	Innokenti Smoktunovsky Vasili Merkuryev Lev Durov
Distributed by	Gorky Film Studio
Release dates	1974
Running time	84 min
Country	Soviet Union

Teens in the Universe (Russian: Отроки во вселенной, translit. Otroki vo vselennoy) is a Soviet 1974 science fiction comedy film directed by Richard Viktorov based on a script by Isai Kuznetsov and Avenir Zak about teens in the universe. Preceded by Moscow-Cassiopeia (first part, 1973).

Cast

• Innokenti Smoktunovsky as I.O.O.
• Vasili Merkuryev as academician Blagovidov
• Lev Durov as academician Filatov
• Yuri Medvedev as academician Ogon-Duganovsky
• Pyotr Merkuryev as academician Kurochkin

Space ship Zarya crew

• Mikhail Yershov as Vitya Sereda
• Aleksandr Grigoryev as Pasha Kozelkov
• Vladimir Savin as Misha Kopanygin
• Vladimir Basov Jr. as Fedya "Lob" Lobanov
• Olga Bityukova as Varya Kuteishchikova
• Nadezhda Ovcharova as Yulia Sorokina
• Irina Popova as Katya Panfyorova

Other cast

• Vadim Ledogorov as Agapit
• Igor Ledogorov as Agapit's father
• Natalya Fateyeva
• Anatoli Adoskin
• Aleksandr Lenkov
• Nikolai Pogodin
• Raisa Ryazanova
• S. Safonov
• Nadezhda Semyontsova
• Vladimir Shiryayev
• Olga Soshnikova
• Aleksandr Vigdorov
• Mikhail Yanushkevich
• Aleksandr Zimin

Awards

• Premio for the Best Film for Kids and Youth of the All-Union Cinema Festival, Kishinev, 1975
• Special Premio "Silver Asteroid" of the International Cinema Festival of Science Fiction Films, Triest, 1976
• Gran Premio of the International Festival at Panama, 1976
• State Premio of RSFSR in the honour of Vasilyiev Brothers, 1977.

External links

• Teens in the Universe at the Internet Movie Database
• Teens in the Universe is available for free download at the Internet Archive