Since director Sergei Yutkevich was a longtime lover of American slapstick, his first films were imbued with a playfulness and cheeriness not typical of Russian cinema. And Kruzheva is a good example of that as he illustrates the friendly rivalries between the youths on village in both a very rough and clowning way.
Director: Sergei Yutkevich
Writer: Sergei Yutkevich, Vladimir Legoshin, Yuri Gromov
Director of Photography: Yevgeni Shneider
Story: Mark Kolosov