A Taste of Bread (1979)
An exploration of “virgin soil” in Kazakhstan through the stories of a party worker, a agronomist, and the director of a state farm.
Director:
Aleksey Sakharov
Writers:
Aleksandr Lapshin, Aleksey Sakharov, Valentin Chernykh, Rudolf Tyurin.
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Sergey Shakurov as Sechkin |
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Valeri Ryzhakov as Eroshin |
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Ernst Romanov as Ignatiev |
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Nikolay Eryomenko as Vedenin |
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Idris Nogajbayev as Kemelov |
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Natalya Arinbasarova as Sataeva |
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Anatoliy Azo as Kopernik |
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Asanali Ashimov as Aikenov |
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Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev as Murataliev |
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Leonid Dyachkov as Kalashnikov |
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Ivan Agafonov as Korovin |
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Evgeni Burenkov as Kasianov |
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Lyubov Polekhina as Sechkina |
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Amina Umurzakova as elderly peasant woman |
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Svetlana Kharitonova as aunt Vera |
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Elena Tkachyova as Nadya |
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Zoya Vasilkova as chairman social security office |
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Aleksandra Dorokhina as Kapitolina |
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Sergei Plotnikov as Pyotr |
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Mykola Shutko as senior mechanic |
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Viktor Mamayev as volzhanin |
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Bajkenzhe Belbaev as Zhumabekov |
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Valentin Golubenko as «Feliks» - Fedya |
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Nikolai Smirnov as Ugryumov |
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Anatoliy Skoryakin as Vasily |
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Dinmukhamet Akhimov as Sechkin's driver |
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Yuri Duvanov as Strunnikov |
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Aleksey Vanin as Kvasovets |
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Yuri Martynov as Olenev |
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Aleksandr Solopov as young tractor driver |
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Makil Kulanbayev as old herder |
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Sergey Gabnia as Amba |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as Khlystikov |
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Aleksandr Pyatkov as worker in the virgin lands |
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Viesturs Alksnītis as worker in the virgin lands |
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Nikolay Dvigubskiy as Viner |
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Oleg Izmaylov as referent |
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Valeri Drobyshev as episode |
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Nikolay Pogodin as episode |
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Vera Alkhovskaya as episode |
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Aleksandr Zimin as episode |
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V. Tereikovsky as episode |
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Sarsen Baimukhanov as episode |
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Zoya Isaeva as episode |
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Sergei Torkachevsky as episode |
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Larisa Barabanova as episode |
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Aleksey Krychenkov as episode |
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Afanasiy Trishkin as episode |
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Aidos Bektemir as episode |
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Tatyana Kuznetsova as episode |
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Ivan Turchenkov as episode |
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Oleg Golubitsky as episode |
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Vladimir Lyubimov as episode |
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N. Filina as episode |
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Leonid Dovlatov as episode |
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Viktor Perevalov as episode |
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Dzhambul Hudajbergenov as episode |
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Elena Ionova as episode |
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U. Tazhenov as episode |
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Aleksandr Gorbenko as episode |
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Mentay Utepbergenov as episode |
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Gul'nara Rahimbaeva as episode |
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Nurlybek Yessimgaliyev as episode |
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Raimbek Seitmetov as episode |
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Yuriy Chernov as episode |
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Vadim Zakharchenko as episode |
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Gulzipa Syzdykova as episode |
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Akhmed Shamiyev as episode |
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Yuri Afanasiev as episode (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Bychkov as episode (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Vanyshev as episode (uncredited) |
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Ivan Vasilyenko as episode (uncredited) |
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Georgy Vsevolodov as episode (uncredited) |
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Igor Godlevskiy as episode (uncredited) |
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Altynay Eleuova as episode (uncredited) |
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Velta Žygurė as episode (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Zvenigorskiy as episode (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Kalinkin as episode (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Kuznetsov as episode (uncredited) |
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Viktor Makhmutov as episode (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Myshkin as episode (uncredited) |
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Aleksandr Petrov as episode (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Popov as episode (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Prokofyev as episode (uncredited) |
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Leonid Reutov as episode (uncredited) |
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Mikhail Rozanov as episode (uncredited) |
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Aleksey Sakharov as episode (uncredited) |
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Vladislav Serdyuk as episode (uncredited) |
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Nikolai Simkin as episode (uncredited) |
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E. Korol as episode (uncredited) |
| Directing | Yermek Shinarbayev | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Aleksey Sakharov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Lapshin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Aleksey Sakharov | Screenplay |
| Writing | Valentin Chernykh | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rudolf Tyurin | Screenplay |
| Camera | Dilshat Fatkhulin | Director of Photography |
| Art | Aleksandr Tolkachov | Production Design |
| Sound | Yuriy Levitin | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Viktor Prokhorov | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yuri Mikhailov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Valentina Shchedrina | Sound Director |
| Writing | L. Litsina | Script Editor |
| Sound | Raisa Lukina | Music Editor |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Ivanova | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Panteleyeva | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Antonina Zimina | Editor |
| Camera | Ivan Panov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | A. Bobrov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Orest Alikin | Set Designer |
| Art | S. Kanapyanov | Set Designer |
| Camera | V. Krechet | Still Photographer |
| Visual Effects | A. Barkov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Valentin Glass | VFX Supervisor |
| Directing | D. Aimanov | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yevgeniya Vzorova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lyudmila Serganova | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sergey Kocheburov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Yermakov | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Oleneva | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Editing | Lyudmila Sviridenko | Assistant Editor |
| Production | O. Aitikenov | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Yu. Anikeev | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | T. Pavlova | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | I. Skibin | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | V. Sugak | Executive Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Konstantin Stenkin | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Aleksandr Kuznetsov | First Assistant Director |
