Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1983 · 127 min · ★ 6.9 · Family, Drama

A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because she was in love with the boy who had betrayed his classmates when they were bunking off and going to cinema instead of a literature lesson. The class is penalized for that, not being allowed to go to Moscow for fall holidays with the rest of the school. Lena is being ostracized, "boycotted" however not telling the truth, waiting that the boy himself would confess to be guilty.

Directed by Rolan Bykov · Written by Vladimir Zheleznikov

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Kristina Orbakayte Lena Bessoltseva
Yuriy Nikulin Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
Yelena Sanayeva Margarita Ivanovna
Mitya Yegorov Dima Somov
Kseniya Filippova Mironova
Anna Tolmachyova Shmakova
Marina Martanova Marina - Motya
Konstantin Chekhovsky Valka
Pavel Sanaev Vasilev
Svetlana Kryuchkova Aunt Klava
Rolan Bykov Conductor
Oleg Bykov Petya

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