The Goalkeeper (1936 film)

The Goalkeeper (Вратарь) is a 1936 Soviet sports-musical comedy film directed by Semyon Timoshenko. The screen version of novel by Lev Kassil, one of the first literary works about sport in the USSR.

Plot
Primarily Anton Kandidov works in agricultural workб he carries watermelons on a boat across the Volga. Noticing how cleverly Anton catches and loads watermelons, he is told that he could become a goalkeeper and play football.

And Anton decides to follow the advice. On the way to the goalie glory, he is expected to win and disappoint.

During the work on the film The Goalkeeper, the film crew invited as a consultant the famous goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich.

Cast

 * as Anton Kandidov
 * Tatyana Guretskaya as Grusha
 * Lyudmila Glazova as Nastya, lab technician
 * Anatoliy Goryunov as Karasik, an engineer
 * Valeri Solovtsov as Bukhvostov, captain of 'Gidraer' football club
 * Yakov Gudkin as Foma, 'Gidraer' inside forward
 * Vladimir Kryuger as Tsvetochkin, captain of FC 'Torpedo'
 * German Erazmus as Redhead, 'Torpedo' inside forward
 * Fyodor Kurikhin as 'Gidraer' supporter
 * Konstantin Shchegotsky, Anton Idzkovsky, Makar Goncharenko as cameo