Vasili Shukshin

02.22.09

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Kalina Krasnaya, Oleg Basilashvili, Osenniy marafon, Vasili Shukshin, Yevgeny Leonov (0)
In this scene from Osenniy Marafon, the character played by Yevgeny Leonov (on the right) walks in on Buzykin (Oleg Basilashvili) and his guest, Bill Hansen. Leonov's character doesn't even notice Bill until he says two words in Russian (not his first language). Then there is a long silence while Leonov looks at him suspiciously, followed by an introduction (shown above). Leonov then asks, "Does he understand Russian?" Well, I thought it was funny. Bill knows more Russian than I do, but there was something about the way he sounded when he opened his mouth that made clear ...

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