An Unquiet Spring (1956)
A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces of the vast Soviet Union into fertile agricultural plains. A classically Socialist-Realist narrative of an individual's 're-education'. Zhenia, a hapless idler, arrives with a band of enthusiastic young Konsomol members to build a new town in the steppe. Although his dream, like that of all the young participants, is 'to become a tractor driver and a hero', he isn't prepared to work for the honour.
Director: Aleksandr Medvedkin
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Sergei Gurzo as Zhenia Omega |
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Idris Nogajbayev as Idris |
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Nina Grebeshkova as Raia |
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Mukhtar Bakhtygereev as |
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Vladimir Boriskin as Filia |
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Kenenbai Kozhabekov as Havash Atabaev |
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Vsevolod Tyagushev as Kotik |
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Rimma Shorokhova as Olga (Ольга) |
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Ivan Lobyzovskiy as Borodavka |
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Pavel Kairov as Chausov |
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Shakhan Musin as Organisator from the Party |
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L. Olshevsky as Dzyuba |
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V. Skuridin as |
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K. Alishev as |
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Leonid Vodolazov as |
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Tamara Dumnaya as |
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Rakhia Koichubaeva as |
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Viktor Uralsky as |
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Nadezhda Samsonova as |
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Gleb Fedorovsky as Uncle Vasia |
| Camera | Viktor Maslennikov | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Aleksandr Medvedkin | Director |
| Sound | Bakhitzhan Baykadamov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yevgeni Brusilovsky | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Medvedkin | Writer |
| Directing | Sergei Gurzo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Khuat Abuseitov | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Art | Pavel Zaltsman | Production Design |
| Art | Yuri Mingazitdinov | Production Design |
| Sound | Viktor Knushevitskiy | Conductor |
| Sound | V. Ishunin | Sound Director |
| Sound | Yakov Kharon | Foley Artist |
| Writing | Samuil Ulanovskiy | Script Editor |
| Editing | S. Alieva | Editor |
| Directing | Vera Medvedkina | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Aleksandr Kurochkin | First Assistant Director Trainee |
| Costume & Make-Up | S. Umarova | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Askhat Ashrapov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | F. Absalyamov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Pokladov | Assistant Camera |
| Production | A. Shevelev | Executive Producer |