Hectic Days

1935 ComedyRomance 90 minutes Directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi

About Hectic Days

Red Army tank units come into a provincial town for exercises. Commander Mikhail Belokon rents a room from agricultural student Tonya Zhukova. They fall for each other and each tries to keep the attachment from getting in the way of her studies and his maneuvers. They work through the quarrel and say so.

Cast & crew

More about Hectic Days

Alexander Zarkhi and Iosif Kheifits wrote and directed. The English Wikipedia also lists Michael Shapiro as a co-director. Valery Zhelobinsky wrote the music. Wikidata credits Mikhail Kaplan as cinematographer. The Russian title is Горячие денечки. It is also called Red Army Days. Wikidata dates it February 1935.

Themes

  • A room rented from a student
  • Tanks on exercise
  • Love versus the timetable
  • Mikhail Belokon
  • Tonya Zhukova
  • Red Army
  • tanks
  • Lenfilm
  • 1935

Look

Mikhail Kaplan is the cinematographer listed on Wikidata.

Music

Valery Zhelobinsky composed the score.

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Nikolai Simonov plays Belokon. Tatiana Okunevskaya plays Tonya. Yanina Zheymo plays her friend Kika.
  • Nikolai Cherkasov plays Kolka Loshak. Aleksei Gribov plays corps commander Gorbunov.
  • Aleksandr Melnikov and Matvey Pavlikov play tank drivers.
  • A copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the Russian title.

Scenes

  • Belokon takes a room in Tonya's house while his tanks are in town for maneuvers.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Горячие денечки)