A Dog Named Palma
A Dog Named Palma is a 2021 Russian children's drama film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr., based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport.
It was released theatrically on March 18, 2021, by Central Partnership.
Plot
In 1977 Soviet Union, the owner of a German Shepherd named Palma flies abroad. But Palma hides at the airport and waits for her owner. She befriends nine-year old boy named Kolya Lazarev whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely knows - a pilot who finds the dog at the airport. It is a story of amazing adventures, true friendship and unconditional love.Cast
- Viktor Dobronravov as Vyacheslav Lazarev, an aircraft commander
- Liliya as Palma
- Leonid Basov as Kolya Lazarev, a boy
- Vladimir Ilyin as Sergey Tikhonov, an airport technician, Nina Tikhonova's father
- Valeriya Fedorovich as Nina Tikhonova, a stewardess, Sergey Tikhonov's daughter
- Evgeniya Dmitrieva as Lyubov Zhurina, head of the flight squad of OJSC "Soviet Aeroflot"
- Igor Khripunov as Evgeny Golikov, head of the Soviet Security Service
- Anna Volkova as Anya
- Pavel Maykov as Georgy Krasilov, co-pilot
- Vladimir Simonov as Ivan Lysko
- Yan Tsapnik as Igor Polsky, owner of the shepherd Palma
- Filipp Savinkov as Kravchenko, a male flight attendant
- Darya Luzina as Anna, a flight attendant
- Elena Anisimova as Raisa Semenovna, an aviation cashier
- Bain Bovaldinov as Fedya, a policeman