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
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Cast
Vladimir Vorobey
Mizha
Vova Kudenko
Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Rakhim
Natalya Arinbasarova
Saule
Nikolai Timofeyev
Dunajev
Valentina Talyzina
Dodonova, Misha's Mother
Aleksandr Susnin
Stepan Dranov
Raisa Kurkina
Nurse
Viktor Kolpakov
Crippled Soldier
Yevgeny Gurov
Old Man
Vakhob Abdullayev
Policeman
Gani Agzamov
Yura Buchiyev
Misha's Brother
Stanislav Chekan
Trader
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