---
title: 'Crank from 5th B (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ilya Frez'
released: '1972-08-21'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/crank-from-5th-b-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068374/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Crank from 5th B (1972)

1972 · 86 min · Comedy, Adventure, Family · Soviet Union

Original title: Чудак из пятого 'Б'

## Synopsis

The Boy From 5B is a 1972 Soviet teen comedy film directed by Ilya Frez.
It was edited into three parts, given a narrative voiceover and shown on BBC 1 television in the UK on consecutive mornings during the 1978 Easter and 1979 and 1980 summer holidays.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Vladimir Zheleznikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-zheleznikov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yan Frenkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/yan-frenkel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aleksei Chardynin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-chardynin), [Gasan Tutunov](https://cinepixo.com/people/gasan-tutunov)
- **Director:** [Ilya Frez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-frez)

## Cast

- [Yevgeny Vesnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-vesnik)
- [Nikolay Merzlikin](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-merzlikin)
- [Tatyana Pelttser](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatyana-pelttser)
- [Vadim Zakharchenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/vadim-zakharchenko)
- [Andrei Voynovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-voynovsky)

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