At the Dawn of Our Youthful Years

At the Dawn of Our Youthful Years (1997) is a Russian biographical drama you can watch online on iFILM. It follows Alexei Koltsov, a cattle trader's son from Voronezh who scribbled verse about the steppe and peasant life between his father's livestock runs.

Director Vasily Panin based the film on Vladimir Korablinov's novel about the poet. It traces Koltsov's brief thirty-three years: the trading trips, his first published lines, the encouragement of writers in the capital, and a love story that ended as early as he did. Alexander Vershinin plays the poet, with Viktor Pavlov and Lev Durov beside him.

Quiet, unhurried and steeped in 19th-century verse — one for viewers drawn to self-taught talents who clawed their way onto the page. Stream At the Dawn of Our Youthful Years (1997) online on iFILM.