# Meet Baluyev!

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{{short description|1963 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Meet Baluyev!
| image          = Meet Baluyev.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [Victor Komissarjevski](/source/Victor_Komissarjevski)
| producer       = I. Goldin
| writer         = [Vadim Kozhevnikov](/source/Vadim_Kozhevnikov)
| starring       = [Ivan Pereverzev](/source/Ivan_Pereverzev)
| music          = Vladlen Chistyakov
| cinematography = Veniamin Levitin<br>Dmitry Meskhiev
| editing        = Zinaida Sheineman
| studio         = [Lenfilm](/source/Lenfilm)
| released       = {{Film date|1963|07|07|df=y}}
| runtime        = 101 minutes
| country        = Soviet Union
| language       = Russian
}}

'''''Meet Baluyev!''''' ({{langx|ru|Знакомьтесь, Балуев!}}, [translit.](/source/Transliteration)&nbsp;Znakomtes, Baluyev!) is a 1963 Soviet [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Victor Komissarjevski](/source/Victor_Komissarjevski) and based on a 1960 novel by [Vadim Kozhevnikov](/source/Vadim_Kozhevnikov). It was entered into the [3rd Moscow International Film Festival](/source/3rd_Moscow_International_Film_Festival).<ref name="Moscow1963">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1963 |title=3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963) |accessdate=25 November 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116210707/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1963 |archivedate=16 January 2013 }}</ref>

== Plot ==
Set in the 1960s, the film follows Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev, the head of a construction site for a major gas pipeline. Baluyev decides to deviate from the approved project and lay the pipeline directly through a swamp, prioritizing efficiency over protocol. In addition to his primary responsibilities as a manager and leader, Baluyev actively engages in mentoring and educating his subordinates.

==Cast==
* [Ivan Pereverzev](/source/Ivan_Pereverzev) as Pavel Gavrilovich Baluyev
* [Nina Urgant](/source/Nina_Urgant) as Dusya Baluyeva
* [Stanislav Sokolov](/source/%3Aru%3A%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87) as Vitya Zaitsev
* [Zinaida Kiriyenko](/source/Zinaida_Kiriyenko) as Kapa Podgornaya
* [Anatoli Romashin](/source/Anatoli_Romashin) as Boris Shpakovsky
* [Sergei Plotnikov](/source/Sergei_Plotnikov_(actor)) as Bubnov
* [Pantelejmon Krymov](/source/Pantelejmon_Krymov) as machinist Petukhov
* [Pavel Morozenko](/source/Pavel_Morozenko) as Vasya Marchenko
* [Pavel Pankov](/source/Pavel_Pankov) as Fyodor Fokin
* [Sergei Blinnikov](/source/Sergei_Blinnikov) as Alexey Firsov
* [Igor Kosukhin](/source/Igor_Kosukhin) as Seva Krokhalev
* [Nikolai Kuzmin](/source/Nikolai_Kuzmin_(actor)) as Betbulatov
* [Nelly Korneva](/source/Nelly_Korneva) as Izolda Bezuglova
* [Aleksei Smirnov](/source/Aleksei_Smirnov_(actor)) as restaurant visitor

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0314950|Meet Baluyev!}}

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Category:1963 films
Category:1963 drama films
Category:1963 Soviet films
Category:1963 Russian-language films
Category:Soviet black-and-white films
Category:Soviet drama films
Category:Russian-language drama films
Category:Lenfilm films
Category:Films about industries

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