Walking the Streets of Moscow

Walking the Streets of Moscow
Nikita Mikhalkov on the 1964 film poster.
Russian	Я шагаю по Москве
Directed by	Georgiy Daneliya[1]
Written by	Gennady Shpalikov
Starring	Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksei Loktev Yevgeny Steblov Galina Polskikh
Cinematography	Vadim Yusov
Music by	Andrey Petrov[2]
Production company	Mosfilm[3]
Release date	11 April 1964 (1964-04-11)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Walking the Streets of Moscow (I Walk Around Moscow, Russian: Я шагаю по Москве) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm studios. It stars Nikita Mihalkov, Aleksei Loktev, Yevgeny Steblov and Galina Polskikh. The film also features four People's Artists of the USSR: Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Lev Durov, and Inna Churikova. The famous movie theme, performed by Mikhalkov, was written by the composer Andrey Petrov. The film, regarded as one of the most characteristic of the Khrushchev Thaw, premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and won a prize for the work of cameraman^[4] Vadim Yusov, best known for his subsequent collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky.^[2]