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A Big Family (1954)
Directed by Iosif Kheifits
Overview
Drama based on the novel by Vsevolod Kochetov “The Zhurbin Family”. The characters of the picture are a large family of hereditary shipbuilders. Three generations of the Zhurbin live under one roof: grandfather Matvei, his son Ilya, three sons of Ilya — Aleksei, Anton and Viktor. In a short time, representatives of the fourth generation are born. The share of the youngest son of Aleksei fall the most severe life tests. The background for family conflicts is the reorganization of production. All Zhurbin’s have to change their profession to move on.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Sergei Lukyanov | Boris Andreyev | Vera Kuznetsova | Aleksey Batalov | Sergei Kurilov | Vadim Medvedev | Boris Bityukov | Iya Arepina | Klara Luchko | Ekaterina Savinova | Nikolai Sergeyev | Yelena Dobronravova | Pavel Kadochnikov | Nikolai Gritsenko | Boris Kokovkin | Ivan Nazarov | Nikolai Yemelyanov | Vladimir Tatosov | Boris Kudryashov | Aleksandr Khlopotov | Pyotr Lobanov | Anna Lisyanskaya | Tatyana Pelttser | Larisa Kronberg