The movie starred Nikita Mikhalkov in his first major role and became one of the most characteristic films of the Khrushchev Thaw . It was widely praised and officially selected for the 1964 Cannes Film Festival . Nevertheless , Daneliya 's next work '' Thirty Three '' , a satirical comedy that made fun of the Khrushchev era , was n't tolerated and became quickly banned from theaters after its initial release in 1965 . According to Daneliya , it was still showed at small theaters and various clubs throughout the 1970s , so that by the time the so-called glasnost was proclaimed , it turned out that " everyone had managed to watch my super-banned movie "
1964 Cannes Film Festival
1964 Cannes Film Festival
Georgiy Daneliya