DramaRomanceComedy
Messenger Boy
Ivan Miroshnikov, a cheeky young man in the Gorbachev era, is trying to figure out what to do with his life (he's not in college, and the 2-year mandatory military service is looming large ahead of him). Meanwhile, he lives with his divorced mother, and works as a courier at a Russian newspaper. Through his job, he meets patronizing Professor Kuznetzov and his rebellious daughter Katya. To annoy the professor, Ivan claims to have an affair with Katya. To his surprise, Katya backs his story up.
Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov, Vladimir Klimenko
74
User score
156 votes
Status
Released
Released
June 6, 1986
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Fyodor Dunayevsky
Ivan
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Katya
Oleg Basilashvili
Katya's father
Inna Churikova
Ivan's mother
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Ivan's chief
Vladimir Menshov
Guest on Katya's birthday
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Zinaida Pavlovna
Alika Smekhova
Nina
Sergey Chonishvili
Ilya
Nikolai Karnaukhov
staff department
Vladimir Smirnov
Kolya Bazin
Aleftina Evdokimova
Katya's mother
Yevdokiya Urusova
Agnessa Ivanova
Andrei Vertogradov
Fyodor Ivanovich Miroshnikov
Larisa Kurdyumova
Guest
Olga Kalmykova
Olimpiada Kalmykova
guest
Vera Sotnikova
Natasha
Alyona Khmelnitskaya
(uncredited)
Elvira Zubkova
guest
