| The Left-Hander | |
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| Directed by | Sergei Ovcharov |
| Based on | The Left-Hander by Nikolai Leskov |
| Starring | Nikolai Stotskii Vladimir Gostyukhin Leonid Kuravlyov Yury Yakovlev Lev Lemke |
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| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Left-Hander (Russian: Левша, romanized: Levsha) is a 1987 Soviet comedy drama directed by Sergei Ovcharov, based on The Left-Hander by Nikolai Leskov.[1] The film features Nikolay Stotskiy, Vladimir Gostyukhin, and Leonid Kuravlyov.
- ^ Peter Rollberg Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema p.282 "As a film actor, Iakovlev made his debut in the supporting part of Chakhotkin in Konstantin Iudin's Behind the Footlights (Na podmostkakh stseny, 1956). When Ivan Pyr'ev cast the virtually ... In the 1980s and 1990s, he lent his star power to a few daring projects of newcomers, most prominently Sergei Ovcharov' s original Nikolai Leskov adaptation The Left-Hander (Levsha, 1986)."