Meet Baluyev!

Meet Baluyev! (Russian: Знакомьтесь, Балуев!, translit. Znakomtes, Baluyev!) is a 1963 Soviet drama film directed by Victor Komissarjevski and based on a 1960 novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.^[1]

Meet Baluyev!
Directed by	Victor Komissarjevski
Written by	Vadim Kozhevnikov
Produced by	I. Goldin
Starring	Ivan Pereverzev
Cinematography	Veniamin Levitin Dmitry Meskhiev
Edited by	Zinaida Sheineman
Music by	Vladlen Chistyakov
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	7 July 1963 (1963-07-07)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

Set in the 1960s, the film follows Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev, the head of a construction site for a major gas pipeline. Baluyev decides to deviate from the approved project and lay the pipeline directly through a swamp, prioritizing efficiency over protocol. In addition to his primary responsibilities as a manager and leader, Baluyev actively engages in mentoring and educating his subordinates.

Cast

• Ivan Pereverzev as Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev
• Nina Urgant as Dusya Baluyeva
• Stanislav Sokolov as Vitya Zaitsev
• Zinaida Kiriyenko as Kapa Podgornaya
• Anatoli Romashin as Boris Shpakovsky
• Sergei Plotnikov as Bubnov
• Pantelejmon Krymov as machinist Petukhov
• Pavel Morozenko as Vasya Marchenko
• Pavel Pankov as Fyodor Fokin
• Sergei Blinnikov as Alexey Firsov
• Igor Kosukhin as Seva Krokhalev
• Nikolai Kuzmin as Betbulatov
• Nelly Korneva as Izolda Bezuglova
• Aleksei Smirnov as restaurant visitor