The City Turns the Lights On (1958)
Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
Director: Vladimir Vengerov
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Nikolay Pogodin as Nikolai |
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Yelena Dobronravova as Valya |
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Oleg Borisov as Sergei |
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Liliya Aleshnikova as Shura |
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Pavel Usovnichenko as Khokhryakov |
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Yuri Lyubimov as Boykov |
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Aleksandr Sokolov as Nikoltsev |
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Valentin Grudinin as Gromoboi |
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Boris Arakelov as Lyovka |
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Vyacheslav Voronin as Malkov |
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Alisa Freyndlikh as Pichikova |
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Vladislav Kovalkov as Fedya |
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Inna Kondratyeva as Shura's Neighbor |
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Mikhail Ladygin as Maths Examiner |
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Elizaveta Gikhareva as English Examiner |
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Lyubov Malinovskaya as Faculty's Secretary |
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Dmytro Franko as Wounded Man in Hospital |
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Yurii Mazhuha as Slippers Seller |
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Viktor Perevalov as Vova |
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Oleg Khromenkov as Entrant-sailor (uncredited) |
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Olga Volkova as Entrant Girl (uncredited) |
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Lyudmila Bezuglaya as Entrant Girl (uncredited) |
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Svetlana Mazovetskaya as Entrant Girl (uncredited) |
| Directing | Vladimir Vengerov | Director |
| Writing | Viktor Nekrasov | Novel |
| Editing | Stera Gorakova | Editor |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vladimir Vengerov | Writer |
| Art | Viktor Volin | Production Design |
| Camera | Mikhail Avrutin | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Oleg Karavaichuk | Conductor |
| Sound | Oleg Karavaichuk | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | A. Vershinin | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yevgeni Nesterov | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | V. Kropachyov | Costume Design |
| Visual Effects | Ilya Goldberg | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | I. Denisov | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | Irina Tarsanova | Script Editor |
| Production | Iosif Polyakov | Executive Producer |