I Am Twenty

I Am Twenty
I Am Twenty
Directed by	Marlen Khutsiev
Written by	Marlen Khutsiev; Gennady Shpalikov
Produced by	Victor Freilich
Starring	Valentin Popov [ru]; Nikolai Gubenko; Stanislav Lyubshin; Marianna Vertinskaya
Cinematography	Margarita Pilikhina
Release dates	1965 (censored version); 1989 (original version);
Running time	189 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

I Am Twenty (Russian: Мне двадцать лет, translit. Mne dvadtsat let) is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev.^[1] It is Khutsiev's most famous film and considered a landmark of 1960s Soviet cinema.

The film was originally entitled Zastava Iliycha (known in English alternately as Ilyich's Gate or Lenin's Guard), but it was heavily censored upon completion, trimmed to half its original length, retitled and withheld from release until 1965. A restored 3-hour version was released in 1989, and is sometimes referred to by the original title.

^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.

[1] Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.

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