We, Two of Men (Russian: Мы, двое мужчин, romanized: My, dvoe muzhchin) is a Soviet feature film of 1962 directed by Yuriy Lysenko. The script was written by Anatoly Kuznetsov based on his story Yurka from the Pantless Team.
The film was released when it was made, but after Kuznetsov emigrated in 1969 it was banned, and was not shown for a long time after that.
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Plot
In the Ukrainian hinterland, the GAZ-51 lorry driver Mishka Gorlov is assigned to make a trip to the city to get a transformer. Before leaving he is approached by a teacher, who asks him to take her son Yurka along so that he can buy a school suit. The rude and scandalous driver reluctantly agrees. On a journey full of unexpected situations and adventures, the difficult Mishka and the small but independent Yurka quickly find a common language, largely due to the fact that both of them grew up without a father. Mishka begins to rethink his unlucky bachelor life.
Principal actors
Vasily Shukshin - Mishka Gorlov, lorry driver
Valeriy Korol - Yurka, the teacher's son
Vladimir Dalsky - clothes seller
Dzhemma Osmolovskaya - pregnant woman
Vera Predayevich - teacher, Yurka's mother
Boris Saburov - collective farm chairman
Valentin Grudinin - Mishka's drinking buddy
Maria Kapnist - passenger with a goose
Crew
Script writer: Anatoly Kuznetsov
Director: Yuriy Lysenko
Cameraman: Sergei Lisetsky
Art director: Nikolai Reznik
Composer: Evgeny Zubtsov
The orchestra of the Kyiv Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky
Conductor Veniamin Tolba
Production
The shooting took place in regions of Ukraine and in Kyiv.
According to Anatoly Kuznetsov, who really liked the film, We, Two of Men along with the propaganda film Meet Baluyev! were selected for presentation at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1963, but at the last moment the film We, Two of Men was replaced with another one, A Trip Without a Load, without announcing the reason.
