Call Me from Afar (1978)
Grusha's (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) husband has left her and she is now a single parent to her adolescent son Vitya (Vladimir Naumenko). Her brother Nikolay (Mikhail Ulyanov) is determined to hook her up with his friend Vladimir (the film's co-director Stanislav Lyubshin). For Grusha and Vladimir to have privacy to build up their relationship, Nikolay decides his nephew Vitya needs to stay out of the way, so he urges Vitya to come live with his family for a while. However, Grusha's not so sure about the arrangement. Based on a play by Vasiliy Shukshin.
Directors:
German Lavrov, Stanislav Lyubshin.
Writer:
Vasiliy Shukshin
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Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Grusha Veselova |
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Vladimir Naumenko as Vitya |
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Stanislav Lyubshin as Vladimir Nikolayevich |
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Mikhail Ulyanov as Nikolay |
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Ivan Ryzhov as ded Savva |
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Oleg Novikov as Yura |
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Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Fyodor Fyodorovich |
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Nikolai Brilling as Kuzma Yegorovich |
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Aleksey Vanin as Aleksey |
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Lidiya Dranovskaya as |
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Larisa Negreeva-Tseslyak as |
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Mariya Vinogradova as |
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Tatyana Gavrilova as |
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Natalya Nazarova as Natasha, gostya v restorane |
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Vladimir Suvorov as Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich |
| Directing | German Lavrov | Director |
| Directing | Stanislav Lyubshin | Director |
| Writing | Vasiliy Shukshin | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yury Avdeev | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Vasiliy Shukshin | Book |
| Camera | Vladimir Fridkin | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vladimir Aronin | Production Design |
| Sound | Olga Burkova | Sound Director |
| Camera | Sergei Naugolnykh | Camera Operator |
| Directing | F. Khalikova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yu. Pavlov | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Yuri Butsko | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yuriy Nikolayevskiy | Conductor |
| Editing | Roza Rogatkina | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tatyana Razumovskaya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksey Tetyurkin | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | G. Mazurenko | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | L. Smekhnova | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | V. Fokin | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Vanda Rylach | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya | VFX Artist |
| Lighting | Dmitriy Vostrov | Lighting Artist |
| Art | I. Fyodorov | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Irina Sergievskaya | Script Editor |
| Production | Irina Petrova | Executive Producer |