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critic wrote that the film "makes for a surprisingly relaxed and sometimes infectious adventure." Mira and Antonin Liehm commented that "it is almost incredible how fresh and new this film seemed, with its tame satirical theme." John Wakeman regarded it as a "subtle and often very funny satire".
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David C. Gillespie opined that it is "an important, largely successful attempt... in addressing the legacy of Stalinism and its effects on the psyche and behaviour of people." Josephine Woll concluded that
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Alexander, Boris and Vasily are three old friends, who now barely see each other as they are busy with their professional life. They embark on long-planned voyage on a raft down the
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project." Its script was submitted for approval in 1952, but it was only authorized for filming after Stalin's passing away.
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river, which turns into a series of comical accidents but also strengthens their friendship.
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Vernye Druzya (1954) The Screen in Review; ' True Friends,' Russian Film, Is at Stanley
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The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945.
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was the seventh highest-grossing Soviet film of 1954. Together with
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This article related to a Soviet film of the 1950s is a
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Mikhail Kalatozov
Alexander Galich
Vasili Merkuryev
Boris Chirkov
Aleksandr Borisov
Alexey Gribov
Tikhon Khrennikov
Mosfilm
Russian
1954 Soviet poster of True Friends
Russian
romanized
Mikhail Kalatozov
Yauza
Vasili Merkuryev
Boris Chirkov
Aleksandr Borisov
Alexey Gribov
Liliya Gritsenko
Lyudmila Shagalova
Alexey Pokrovsky
Lyudmila Genika-Chirkova
Mikhail Pugovkin
Nikolay Smorchkov
Yuri Sarantsev
Joseph Stalin
Thaw
Salt of the Earth
Ex aequo

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