On the Bank of a Large River (1981)
A young 19-year old girl Anastasia (O.Bobyleva) comes to a big Siberian construction site. She dreams of being a welder, but at the moment there are no vacancies, and she has to begin her labor activity in a canteen. And after a local kinder garden is left without a mentor, nobody can fancy a better candidate that Nastya. She loves kids, and the main thing is that the feeling is mutual. Once during a storm an accident happens a motor-launch, carrying workers across a river, crashes. Three children become orphans. Nastya doesnt let the construction head send them to the orphanage and decides to adopt them.
Director: Nikolai Gusarov
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Olga Sirina as Настя |
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Vladimir Kashirin as Сергей |
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Lyubov Reymer as Зойка |
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Irina Savina as Нэлка |
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Anatoly Nizovtsev as Володя |
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Nikolay Lavrov as Радов |
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Oleg Mokshantsev as Лубенцов |
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Inna Nozdracheva as |
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Viktoria Tur as Валя |
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Oksana Tur as Вова |
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Andrey Sheidin as Дима |
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Vitaly Shtryakov as эпизод |
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Yana Arshavskaya as Леночка |
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Valentina Vladimirova as Марья Тихоновна |
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Lyudmila Polyakova as тётка Брагиных |
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Valentin Cheryatnikov as моряк |
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Dmitri Shilko as эпизод |
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Anatoly Morozov as эпизод |
| Directing | Nikolai Gusarov | Director |
| Writing | Вера Кудрявцева | Writer |
| Writing | Vladimir Lobanov | Writer |
| Writing | Boris Lapin | Novel |
| Camera | Vladimir Makeranets | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Konstantin Batashov | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Valeri Lukinov | Production Design |
| Editing | Raisa Shamray | Editor |