Brother of a Hero
About Brother of a Hero
Gesha Cheremysh, an orphan new to a children's home, wants a hero for an older brother. He reads about a pilot of the same surname, Klimenty Cheremysh, and tells his class the pilot is his brother. The lie pushes him to study and to captain the hockey team. When the real Klimenty comes to town, Gesha skips the big match so they will not meet, and watches it in secret. He then does something brave on his own, and the pilot takes him as a brother.
Cast & crew
More about Brother of a Hero
Yury Vasilchikov directed. Lev Kassil's story Cheremysh, Brother of a Hero supplied the plot. Anatoly Lepin wrote the music. Soyuzdetfilm released the black-and-white children's film in 1940. Lev Mirsky plays Gesha. Nikolai Kryuchkov is in the cast.
Themes
Making
The picture is built on one lie: a newspaper name that matches the boy's. The hockey match is the scene he cannot attend once the pilot is actually in town.
Music
Anatoly Lepin composed the score.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The Russian title is Брат героя.
- Gesha is a fifth-grader. The pilot he claims is a namesake, not a relative, until the last scenes.
- He becomes hockey captain in order to live up to the story he told.
- Kassil's story is titled Cheremysh, brat geroya.
Scenes
- Gesha reads the pilot's name in the paper and tells the class they are brothers.
- He captains the hockey team to keep the story standing.
- When Klimenty arrives, Gesha hides and watches the important match from outside.
Influenced by
- Lev Kassil's story Cheremysh, Brother of a Hero
