Drama
Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
Directed by
Shukhrat Abbasov
Natalya Arinbasarova
Saule
Yevgeny Gurov
Old Man
Viktor Kosykh
Crook
Ivan Kosykh
Orderly
Stanislav Chekan
Trader
Nikolai Yudin
Crazy Old Man
Valentina Talyzina
Dodonova, Misha's Mother
Georgi Svetlani
Trader
Aleksandr Susnin
Stepan Dranov
Aleksandra Denisova
Granny
Dzhavlon Khamrayev
Worker
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya
Trader
Nikolai Timofeyev
Dunajev
Khikmat Latypov
Bey
Vladimir Lippart
Semyon
Viktor Kolpakov
Crippled Soldier
Anatoliy Nikitin
Red Army Soldier
Valentin Pechnikov
Train Conductor
Vakhob Abdullayev
Policeman
Nurkhon Ishmukhamedov
Worker
Vladimir Vorobey
Mizha
Vova Kudenko
Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Rakhim
Raisa Kurkina
Nurse
Gani Agzamov
Yura Buchiyev
Misha's Brother
Misha Paramono
Misha's Brother
Zoya Rupasova
Young Woman
M. Shayusupov
Vasiliy Shchelokov
Trader
Vyacheslav Tsaryov
Crook
Mikhail Vorobyov
Head of Mail Car

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