A Big Family (1954)
Drama based on the novel by Vsevolod Kochetov “The Zhurbin Family”. The characters of the picture are a large family of hereditary shipbuilders. Three generations of the Zhurbin live under one roof: grandfather Matvei, his son Ilya, three sons of Ilya — Aleksei, Anton and Viktor. In a short time, representatives of the fourth generation are born. The share of the youngest son of Aleksei fall the most severe life tests. The background for family conflicts is the reorganization of production. All Zhurbin's have to change their profession to move on.
Director: Iosif Kheifits
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Sergei Lukyanov as grandfather Matvei |
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Boris Andreyev as Ilya Matveyevich |
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Vera Kuznetsova as Agafya Karpovna |
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Aleksey Batalov as Aleksei |
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Sergei Kurilov as Viktor |
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Vadim Medvedev as Anton |
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Boris Bityukov as Kostya |
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Iya Arepina as Tonya |
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Klara Luchko as Lida |
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Ekaterina Savinova as Dunyasha |
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Nikolai Sergeyev as Basmanov |
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Yelena Dobronravova as Katya Travnikova |
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Pavel Kadochnikov as Skobelev |
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Nikolai Gritsenko as head of the club |
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Boris Kokovkin as factory director |
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Ivan Nazarov as Mikheyev |
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Nikolai Yemelyanov as Zhukov |
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Vladimir Tatosov as press photographer |
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Boris Kudryashov as worker Sanya |
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Aleksandr Khlopotov as meeting member |
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Pyotr Lobanov as Kuzmich |
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Anna Lisyanskaya as librarian (uncredited) |
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Tatyana Pelttser as aunt Liza (uncredited) |
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Larisa Kronberg as Зина Иванова |
| Directing | Iosif Kheifits | Director |
| Sound | Venedict Pushkov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Vsevolod Kochetov | Writer |
| Writing | Sokrat Kara | Writer |
| Writing | Vsevolod Kochetov | Novel |
| Camera | Sergei Ivanov | Director of Photography |
| Art | Viktor Volin | Production Design |
| Camera | Konstantin Sobol | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Elenbogen | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Viktor Savostin | Production Design |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Levitskaya | Costume Design |
| Editing | D. Lander | Editor |
| Directing | Semyon Derevyansky | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Arnold Shargorodsky | Sound Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Churkin | Lyricist |
| Camera | L. Aleksandrov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | I. Golynskaya | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Karaseva | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Sadovskiy | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | A. Dubakin | Script Consultant |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Shamkovich | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Golovatinskiy | VFX Artist |
| Production | Tamara Samoznayeva | Executive Producer |
