A Big Family (1954)

5.9/10 100 min Drama

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.

Cast

Sergei Lukyanov

grandfather Matvei

Boris Andreyev

Ilya Matveyevich

Vera Kuznetsova

Agafya Karpovna

Aleksey Batalov

Aleksei

Sergei Kurilov

Viktor

Vadim Medvedev

Anton

Boris Bityukov

Kostya

Iya Arepina

Tonya

Klara Luchko

Lida

Ekaterina Savinova

Dunyasha

Nikolai Sergeyev

Basmanov

Yelena Dobronravova

Katya Travnikova

Pavel Kadochnikov

Skobelev

Nikolai Gritsenko

head of the club

Boris Kokovkin

factory director

Ivan Nazarov

Mikheyev

Vladimir Tatosov

press photographer

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