When the Trees Were Tall (1961)

★ 6.7/10 95 min Drama, Romance Soviet Union Russian

Director: Lev Kulidzhanov

Writer: Nikolai Figurovsky
Lyricist: Aleksey Fatyanov
Script Editor: Valeriya Pogozheva

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Description

The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.

Top Cast

Inna Gulaya Natasha

Yuriy Nikulin Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov

Leonid Kuravlyov Lenka

Vasiliy Shukshin Chairman of the Kolkhoz

Lyudmila Chursina Zoya

Viktor Pavlov

Yekaterina Mazurova Anastasiya Borisovna

Yelena Korolyova Nyurka