20,000 Leagues Across the Land

1961 film directed by Marcello Pagliero 20,000 Leagues Across the Land 20,000_Leagues_Across_the_Land.jpg Marcello Pagliero Leonid Zorin, Sergey Mikhalkov, Semyon Klebanov, Michel Cournot Léon Zitrone Yuri Belov Nikolay Savin Tatiana Samoilova Jean Rochefort Jean Gaven Valentin Zubkov Evgeny Burenkov Nikita Bogoslovsky 1961 01 13 USSR 1961 01 18 France 98 minute USSRFrance Russian 20,000 Leagues Across the Land (fr Vingt mille lieues sur la terre or "Léon Garros Is Looking for His Friend", ru Леон Гаррос ищет друга Leon Garros ishchet druga) is a 1961 Soviet-French feature film by Marcello Pagliero. Plot During the Second World War Frenchman Leon Garros and Boris Vaganov escape from a Nazi concentration camp. After 15 years, Leon who has become a journalist, comes to the Soviet Union with his friends to make a report and accidentally finds Boris. Boris is not in Moscow, and for the sake of meeting a friend Leon has to take a car halfway across the country. Traveling with the foreigners is translator Nikolai, who in turn is looking for Natasha, his brother's runaway bride. Actors Léon Zitrone as Léon Garros, journalist Yuri Belov as Nikolay Savin, translator Tatiana Samoilova as Natasha, singer Jean Rochefort as Fernand Jean Gaven as Gregoire Valentin Zubkov as Alexey Savin, polar aviator and Natasha's groom Evgeny Burenkov as Boris Vaganov Lyudmila Marchenko as elevator woman in the hotel "Ukraine" Antonina Maksimova as chairman of the kolkhoz Vladimir Ivashov as Fyodor, a young worker in Bratsk Valentina Kutsenko as Olga Nina Nikitina as mother of Fyodor Margarita Zharova as maid Alexei Vanin as theatrically Tamara Yarenko as Claudia, hotel receptionist Zinovy Gerdt as voiceover External links Кадры из фильма 0144666 Leon Garros ishchet druga Category:1961 films Category:1961 drama films Category:French drama films Category:Soviet drama films Category:Russian drama films Category:Russian-language drama films Category:Films directed by Marcello Pagliero Category:1961 multilingual films Category:French multilingual films Category:Soviet multilingual films Category:1961 French films Category:1961 Soviet films