By the Lake (1970)
The film is a reflection on the responsibility of man to other people, native nature and the world around us, the problem of preserving Lake Baikal, on the banks of which a large construction project has unfolded. The first half of the 60s of the XX century, the story of the love of young Lena Barmina to an adult respectable person, bearing on his shoulders a heavy burden of responsibility for the activities of a huge enterprise. Construction engineer Chernykh and Lena, the daughter of a scientist, are doing everything to save the lake from harmful and unjustified plums. A difficult relationship develops between them and soon Lena realizes that she is in love. But after learning that Chernykh is married, the girl leaves...
Director: Sergei Gerasimov
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Oleg Zhakov as Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Barmin |
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Natalya Belokhvostikova as Lena Barmina |
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Vasiliy Shukshin as Vasili Vasilievich Chernykh |
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Valentina Telichkina as Valya Korolkova |
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Natalya Arinbasarova as Katya Olzoyeva |
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Mikhail Nozhkin as Yakovlev |
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Vadim Spiridonov as Konovalov |
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Nikolay Eryomenko as Alyosha |
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Boris Shadurskiy as Kolya Tkachenko |
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Boris Belousov as Ivanov |
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Aleksandr Snykov as Zhenya |
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Zoya Rupasova as Lida |
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Mariya Fonina as Teacher |
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Gennady Nekrasov as Train Passenger |
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Yuriy Kuzmenkov as Train Passenger |
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Margarita Zharova as Waitress |
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Iren Azer as Train Passenger |
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Natalya Bondarchuk as Train Passenger |
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Natalya Gvozdikova as Zhenya's Friend |
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Nina Maslova as Girl in the Staging |
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Nadezhda Repina as Chernykh's Wife |
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Lev Sokolov as Train passenger |
| Directing | Sergei Gerasimov | Director |
| Writing | Sergei Gerasimov | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yekaterina Aleksandrova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Vladimir Rapoport | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Vladimir Arkhangelskiy | Director of Photography |
| Art | Pyotr Galadzhev | Production Design |
| Sound | Ilya Katayev | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Lidiya Zhuchkova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksandra Pushkina | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Aurelius Jacinevicius | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Kleopatra Alperova | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Valentin Khlobynin | Sound Director |
| Writing | Valeriya Pogozheva | Script Editor |
| Art | Nikolai Kirillin | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Aleksandr Kovalchuk | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ye. Matyatin | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | E. Titova | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Natalya Solomina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Davydov | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | L. Sokolov | Lighting Director |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Alekseyev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | V. Vasilyev | VFX Artist |
| Sound | David Shtilman | Conductor |
| Production | Arkadiy Kushlyanskiy | Executive Producer |