Primrose (1986)
Based on L. Yelisieieva’s short story "Far Away". In the 1920s–30s, a girl named Liolia grows up in poverty after her father is killed in the so-called “Civil War.” Her mother’s new marriage brings fear and violence into the home, so Liolia is sent to live with her grandmother, where she finds peace—though only briefly.
Director: Victor Zhylko
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Yelena Rudenko as Older Liolia |
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Katia Riaboshlyk as Young Liolia |
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Natalya Shostak as Liolia's mother |
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Andrei Boltnev as Stepfather Ivan |
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Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov as Sculptor |
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Stefaniya Stanyuta as Granny |
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Vladimir Kashpur as Sexton |
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Ilya Ivanov as Financial inspector |
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Iryna Tereshchenko as Teacher |
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Helga Dancberga as Deutsch woman |
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Juris Strenga as Deutsch man |
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Volodymyr Zhylko as Rostik |
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Yulia Kuklina as Varenka |
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Sashko Zhylko as Konopatyi |
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Olia Kolodkova as Deutsh woman's daughter |
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Semyon Dashevskiy as |
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Fyodor Glushchenko as |
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Oleksandr Karen as |
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Oleg Fedulov as Driver |
| Directing | Victor Zhylko | Director |
| Camera | Bohdan Verzhbytskyi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georgiy Dmitriev | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Valeriya Vrublevskaya | Writer |
| Art | Larysa Zhylko | Production Design |