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The Elder Son

The Elder Son

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 6, 1975

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

Старший сын

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Director

Vitali Melnikov

Description

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!