The Taras Family (1945)

6.2/10 82 min War Drama

Overview

A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kiev. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.

Cast

Amvrosii Buchma

Taras Yatsenko

Venyamin Zuskin

Aron Davidovich

Lidia Kartashova

Euphrosyne

Daniil Sagal

Stepan

Mikhail Troyanovsky

Nazar Ivanovich Omelchenko

Kateryna Osmialovska

Valya

Mykhailo Vysotskyi

German engineer

Sergei Troitsky

Policeman (uncredited)

Anton Dunaisky

Panas

Grigori Dolgov

Petushkov

Viktor Khalatov

German commandant

Hans Klering

German Lieutenant

Dmytro Kapka

Zubatov

Yunona Yakovchenko

Mariyka

Aleksandra Denisova

collective farmer

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