Sasha Vesnushkin — The Boys from Leningrad Character Profile

About Sasha Vesnushkin

Arrogant star player of the Blue Arrows and Vasya's older brother. After drinking wine, he insults a disguised actor and challenges him to a boxing match. The coach benches him for the final match in favor of Vasya.

Character Facts

Played by

Vsevolod Kuznetsov

Appears in

The Boys from Leningrad (1954)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Sasha Vesnushkin — Family Sibling Rival — Vasya Vesnushkin (Georgiy Vitsin)

  Brothers compete for romantic attention and team status.

• Sasha Vesnushkin — Conflict Insulting Challenger — Dedushkin Svetlanov (Pavel Kadochnikov)

  Star player aggressively confronts the disguised actor.

• Sasha Vesnushkin — Romantic Rival — Valya Oljeshko (Tatyana Konyukhova)

  Star player is perceived as the romantic competition.

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• Vasya Vesnushkin (Georgiy Vitsin)
• Dedushkin Svetlanov (Pavel Kadochnikov)
• Valya Oljeshko (Tatyana Konyukhova)
• Kolmyagin (Mark Bernes)
• Kartashova (Valentina Ushakova)
• Ivan Innokentich, factory director (Konstantin Adashevsky)
• Vesnuskina (Yelena Tyapkina)
• Tsvetkov (Vladimir Belokurov)
• old man (Anatoly Korolkevich)
• Violettov (Alexander Zhukov)
• Lyova Pushechny (Lev Lobov)
• Lyubov Sergeevna Malutina (Elvira Lutsenko)