The Foundling (1940)
With Rostislav Plyatt, Rina Zelyonaya, Faina Ranevskaya, Pyotr Repnin, Olga Zhizneva, Viktor Gromov, Tatyana Barysheva
Directed by Tatyana Lukashevich
The Foundling (Russian: Подкидыш, romanized: Podkidysh) is a 1940 comedy drama directed by Tatyana Lukashevich. The film was a production of Mosfilm based on the script by Rina Zelyonaya and Agniya Barto and was released on 27 January 1940. It was one of the first Russian family films. Originally in black and white, it was reproduced in colour in 2010.
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