The Taras Family (1945)
A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kiev. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.
Director:
Mark Donskoy
Writers:
Mark Donskoy, Boris Gorbatov.
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Amvrosii Buchma as Taras Yatsenko |
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Venyamin Zuskin as Aron Davidovich |
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Lidia Kartashova as Euphrosyne |
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Daniil Sagal as Stepan |
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Yevgeni Ponomarenko as Andrey |
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Mikhail Troyanovsky as Nazar Ivanovich Omelchenko |
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Kateryna Osmialovska as Valya |
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Mykhailo Vysotskyi as German engineer |
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Sergei Troitsky as Policeman (uncredited) |
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Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi as Maxim |
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Aleksey Vatulya as Ignat Nesoglasny |
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Anton Dunaisky as Panas |
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Grigori Dolgov as Petushkov |
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Samuel Stolerman as Artist |
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Viktor Khalatov as German commandant |
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Hans Klering as German Lieutenant |
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Dmytro Kapka as Zubatov |
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Yunona Yakovchenko as Mariyka |
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Aleksandra Denisova as collective farmer |
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Writing | Mark Donskoy | Screenplay |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Boris Monastyrsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Morits Umanskiy | Production Design |
| Writing | Boris Gorbatov | Screenplay |
| Directing | Evgeniy Zilbershtein | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rafail Perelstein | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Oleksandr Babiy | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | I. Lyaskovskiy | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Mykhailo Chorny | Camera Operator |
| Editing | N. Gorbenko | Editor |
| Editing | I. Karpenko | Editor |
| Sound | David Blok | Conductor |
| Production | M. Demikhovskiy | Executive Producer |