I Am Twenty (, translit.Mne dvadtsat let) is a 1965 drama film directed by Marlen Khutsiev. It is Khutsiev's most famous film and considered a landmark of 1960s Soviet cinema.

Plot

The film opens with a symbolic scene of three Red Guards from the time of the October Revolution walking down the street. Gradually, the timeline shifts, and the Red Guards are replaced by contemporary figures—a group of young people, and later, a recently discharged soldier. This soldier, Sergey Zhuravlev, is the protagonist. Sergey’s father died on the front during the Great Patriotic War, and he now lives with his mother and sister in a communal apartment near Zastava Ilyicha Square. The story follows Sergey and his friends, Nikolai Fokin and Slava Kostikov, as they navigate life.

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