Mimino
movie

Released June 06, 1977
Overview
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Cast

Vakhtang Kikabidze
as
Valentin Mizandari "Valiko Mimino"

Mher Mkrtchyan
as
Ruben Khachikyan "Rubik-djan"

Evgeni Leonov
as
Ivan Volokhov

Elena Proklova
as
Larisa Ivanovna Komarova - stewardess

Marina Dyuzheva
as
Svetlana Georgievna - Mimino's lawyer

Archil Gomiashvili
as
Nugzar Papishvili - the father of Varlaam

Leonid Kuravlyov
as
Professor Khachikyan

Savely Kramarov
as
Criminal Exiting the Court House

Vladimir Basov
as
Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer

Boryslav Brondukov
as
Mimino's Helicopter Passenger

Larisa Barabanova
as
The barmaid at the airport

Aleksei Alekseyev
as
prokuror
Crew

Georgiy Daneliya
as
Director

Revaz Gabriadze
as
Writer

Viktoriya Tokareva
as
Writer

Georgiy Daneliya
as
Writer

Olga Kruchinina
as
Costume Design

Anatoly Petritsky
as
Director of Photography
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Tatyana Egorycheva
as
Editor

Boris Nemechek
as
Production Design
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Eleonora Nemechek
as
Production Design

Gia Kancheli
as
Original Music Composer
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Evgeniy Fyodorov
as
Sound Recordist

Yuriy Kushneryov
as
Second Unit Director