1960年捷克卡罗维发利国际电影节最佳导演水晶球奖      　　Originally titled Seryozha, the Russian A Summer to Remember was co-adapted by Vera Panova from her own short story       War and Peace director Sergei Bondarchuk plays the new stepfather of young Seryozha (Borya Barkhatov)       So close do the stepfather and the boy become in the months following their meeting that, when time comes for the boy to move on in life, he refuses to leave his new dad's side       Their summer idyll takes place on a Soviet collective farm, managed by Bondarchuk and depicted by novice filmmakers Georgiy Daneliya and Igor Talankin in the most glowing and apolitical of terms       Though there isn't much to the plot, the film admirably succeeds as a sort of cinematic tone poem      　　From All Movie Guide Russian filmmaker Georgi Daneliya ranks among his country's most popular directors of satirical comedies       The Georgia-born Daneliya comes from a distinguished family of film performers; his grandmother, Veriko Andzhaparidze, was a famed Georgian silent film actress, his cousin, Sofiko Chiaureli, is also a major actress, and his mother, Meri Andzhaparidze, spent more than a decade at Mosfilm Studios       However, he first chose to train as an architect (perhaps out of respect for his father, an engineer)       Following his graduation in 1955, Daneliya worked only briefly in that field when he decided he'd rather be in films, enrolling in Mosfilm Studios' Directors' Courses in 1958       In 1960, Daneliya co-directed SeryozhaA Summer to Remember with Igor Talankin       Two years later, he made his solo directorial debut, Put K PrichaluThe Way to the Wharf (1962)       His 1969 comedy Ne Goryuy!Don't Worry! successfully blended humor and melancholy, a device that would become Daneliya's trademark       In addition to directing, Daneliya co-authors the scripts for his films and occasionally works on screenplays for other directors       Daneliya has won numerous national and international awards for his work       In 1964, his Ya Shagayu po MoskveI Walk Around Moscow received an honorable mention at the Cannes Film Festival, while in 1975 Afonya received a special award at the All Union Festival, a major U      S      S      R       event       Daneliya's biggest hit in the U      S      S      R      , Mimino (1977), earned the special prize at the Moscow International Film Festival and the U      S      S      R       State Prize       In 1991, Daneliya earned the Nika Award (the Russian equivalent to an Oscar) for Best Screenplay for Pasport (1990)