Film

An Unquiet Spring

1956 · 1h 15m · Drama · Comedy

A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces of the vast Soviet Union into fertile agricultural plains. A classically Socialist-Realist narrative of an individual's 're-education'. Zhenia, a hapless idler, arrives with a band of enthusiastic young Konsomol members to build a new town in the steppe. Although his dream, like that of all the young participants, is 'to become a tractor driver and a hero', he isn't prepared to work for the honour.

Sergei Gurzo

Zhenia Omega

Idris Nogajbayev

Idris

Nina Grebeshkova

Raia

Mukhtar Bakhtygereev

Vladimir Boriskin

Filia

Kenenbai Kozhabekov

Havash Atabaev

Vsevolod Tyagushev

Kotik

Rimma Shorokhova

Olga (Ольга)

Ivan Lobyzovskiy

Borodavka

Pavel Kairov

Chausov

Shakhan Musin

Organisator from the Party

L. Olshevsky

Dzyuba

V. Skuridin

K. Alishev

Leonid Vodolazov

Tamara Dumnaya

• Aleksandr MedvedkinDirector · Writer
• A. ShevelevExecutive Producer
• Viktor MaslennikovDirector of Photography
• Bakhitzhan BaykadamovOriginal Music Composer
• Yevgeni BrusilovskyOriginal Music Composer
• S. AlievaEditor

Release date

August 25, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

1h 15m

Genres

Drama, Comedy