The Burdened Grain (1969)
The protagonists of the film meet at the Republican Agricultural Exhibition of Advanced Practices in Kyiv. Among them is Pavel Zarechny, a talented plant breeder, passionately devoted to his work, and Timofey Khizhnyak, the director of a scientific testing station, for whom personal gain is the ultimate goal in life. Also present are Dasha, Zarechny’s lab assistant, who becomes his love, and Dyachenko, a fellow scientist whose envy of Pavel’s success leads him to forget about decency and honor...
Director: Volodymyr Denysenko
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Laimonas Noreika as |
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Nataliia Naum as |
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Ada Rohovtseva as |
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Galina Dolgozvyaga as |
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Nikolai Kozlenko as |
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Nina Reus as Tanya |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr. as |
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Danylo Ilchenko as |
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Viktor Miroshnichenko as |
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Galina Nekhaevskaya as |
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Anatoliy Sokolovskiy as |
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Vasily Bogosta as |
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Mykola Oliinyk as |
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Yelizaveta Slutska as |
| Directing | Volodymyr Denysenko | Director |
| Writing | Volodymyr Denysenko | Writer |
| Camera | Dmitriy Vakulyuk | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Oleksandr Deryazhny | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Oleksandr Bilash | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Aleksandr Kudrya | Production Design |
| Art | Pyotr Maksimenko | Production Design |