Welcome, or No Trespassing

Welcome, or No Trespassing
Directed byElem Klimov
Written bySemyon Lungin
Ilya Nusinov
StarringYevgeniy Yevstigneyev
Arina Aleinikova
Ilya Rutberg
Lidiya Smirnova
Aleksei Smirnov
Nina Shatskaya
Viktor Kosykh
CinematographyAnatoli Kuznetsov
Edited byAleksandra Kamagorova
Music byMikael Tariverdiev
Igor Yakushenko
Production
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Release date
  • October 24, 1964 (1964-10-24)
Running time
74 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Welcome, or No Trespassing (Russian: Добро пожаловать, или Посторонним вход воспрещён, romanized: Dobro pozhalovat, ili Postoronnim vkhod vospreshchyon) is a 1964 Soviet comedy film directed by Elem Klimov. In was capitalizing on the formal restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp. Most of the cast are children, while the protagonist is the director Dynin, played by Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev. The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Both Soviet censors and modern critics characterize it as a clandestine political satire, albeit for different reasons.