

Messenger Boy
1986-06-06 · 88 min · ★ 7.4
Ivan Miroshnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
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- Directors
- Karen Shakhnazarov
- Production companies
- Mosfilm
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Fyodor DunayevskyIvan
Anastasiya NemolyaevaKatya
Oleg BasilashviliKatya's father
Inna ChurikovaIvan's mother
Aleksandr Pankratov-ChyornyyIvan's chief
Vladimir MenshovGuest on Katya's birthday
Svetlana KryuchkovaZinaida Pavlovna
Alika SmekhovaNina
Sergey ChonishviliIlya
Nikolai Karnaukhovstaff department
Aleftina EvdokimovaKatya's mother
Yevdokiya UrusovaAgnessa Ivanova
Andrei VertogradovFyodor Ivanovich Miroshnikov
Olga Kalmykova
Olimpiada Kalmykovaguest
Vera SotnikovaNatasha
Alyona Khmelnitskaya(uncredited)
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