'' Walking the Streets of Moscow '' ( , translit . '' Ya shagayu po Moskve '' ; I walk across Moscow ) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm studios . It stars Nikita Mikhalkov , Aleksei Loktev , Yevgeny Steblov and Galina Polskikh . The film also features cameos by four People 's Artists of the USSR : Rolan Bykov , Vladimir Basov , Lev Durov , and Inna Churikova . The famous movie theme , performed by Mikhalkov , was written by the composer Andrei Petrov . The film , regarded as one of the most characteristic of the Khrushchev Thaw , premiered at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and won a prize for the work of cameraman Vadim Yusov , best known for his subsequent collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky
1964 Cannes Film Festival
1964 Cannes Film Festival
Walking the Streets of Moscow