In Search of the Castaways
Govorukhin started his career as a geologist in 1958. He then joined a television studio in Kazan and enrolled at the VGIK. During the Soviet period, Govorukhin became noted for his successful adaptations of adolescent classics, including "Robinson Crusoe" (1973), "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1981), "In Search of the Castaways" (1983) and "Ten Little Niggers" (an adaptation of Agatha Christie's original 1939 novel "And Then There Were None") in 1987.