Directed by:
Борис БарнетPlots(1)
A film of stark contrasts: the bitter poverty of the peasants amidst the rich countryside and the simple life of luxury of a few kulaks: beatings, alcohol, a child lost in play, denunciation and murder, the beautiful yet severe changes of the seasons – and an existential contradiction between state pressure and the fragile cohesion of a village community that is inwardly torn apart. The merciless struggle demands bitter sacrifices. The modest emancipation of Anka, a single mother and heroine, offers but little consolation. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Леонид Кмит](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/961/159961629_881c43.jpg)
Леонид Кмит
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Venok sonetov (1976)
Chapayev (1934)
Soldiers (1956)
![Nikolay Gorlov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/221/159221617_450955.jpg)
Nikolay Gorlov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Father Sergius (1978)
The Legend of Till Ullenspiegel (1976)
Oblomov (1979)
![Lev Potěmkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/025/059/25059588_22fdc6.jpg)
Lev Potěmkin
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Vasilisa prekrasnaya (1939)
Frosty (1964)
Konyok-Gorbunok (1941)
Andrey Martynov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Days and Nights (1945)
Aleksandr Zhukov
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky (1938)
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)
By the Bluest of Seas (1936)