The Camp Follower is a soviet movie released a year after the war, based on Valentin Katayev’s novel of the same name. According to the plot, during the Great Patriotic War some Red Army soldiers pick up an orphan boy, who does not want to go to the rear and becomes the battery’s reconnaissance man. When the whole crew is KIA Vanya is sent to the Suvorov Military School, to later take part in military parades in the Red Square. The film was directed by Vasily Pronin and starred by Yura Yankin, playing the part of Vanya Solntsev. In 1970 the Camp Follower was remastered by Mosfilm adding a new soundtrack and dubbing. Vanya was redubbed by Sergei Chekan, son of Stanislav Chekan, who had played the part of one of the soldiers in the movie.

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