Mimino

Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying helicopters between small villages. But he dreams of piloting large international airlines aircrafts, so he goes to Moscow for refresher courses. There in a hotel he meets truck driver Robik who is given a place in that hotel by mistake, and they have a lot of adventures in Moscow. Always amicable and open to people, Mimino does not feel at home in the big city. Nevertheless, he becomes a pilot of a supersonic jet liner, the Tupolev Tu-144, flying all over the world. But feeling homesick, he finally comes back to his native town of Telavi in Georgia, to his family and friends.
Release Date: 1977-06-06
Comedy
Drama
(106 votes)

Casts

Vakhtang Kikabidze
as Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari [Mimino]
Frunzik Mkrtchyan
as Ruben Khachikyan (Rubik-djan)
Evgeni Leonov
as Ivan Volokhov
Elena Proklova
as Larisa Ivanovna Komarova, stewardess
Marina Dyuzheva
as Svetlana Georgievna - Mimino's lawyer
Archil Gomiashvili
as Nugzar Papishvili - the father of Varlaam
Leonid Kuravlyov
as Professor Khachikyan
Savely Kramarov
as Criminal Exiting the Court House
Vladimir Basov
as Rodion Vasilievich Sinitsin - the opera singer
Boryslav Brondukov
as Mimino's Helicopter Passenger

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