By Faith and Honor (1979)
The question is what to build — palaces designed to last for centuries, or cheap concrete blocks that offer a quick fix to the housing crisis. Behind each of these choices stand scholars, architects, and Party officials.
Director: Andrey Smirnov
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Elena Proklova as |
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Aleksandr Kalyagin as |
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Sergei Plotnikov as |
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Sergey Shakurov as |
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Leonid Markov as |
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Evgeni Leonov as |
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Lev Durov as |
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Aleksei Pokrovsky as |
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Nonna Mordyukova as |
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Kira Golovko as |
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Valentina Talyzina as |
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Ivan Bortnik as |
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Tamara Akulova as |
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Ivan Bychkov as |
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Yuriy Sokolov as prorab |
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Aleksandr Abramov as |
| Directing | Andrey Smirnov | Director |
| Writing | Aleksandr Chervinsky | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Kruchinina | Costume Design |
| Camera | Igor Bek | Director of Photography |
| Art | Aleksandr Boym | Production Design |
| Art | Aleksandr Makarov | Production Design |
| Sound | Nikolay Karetnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Yan Pototsky | Sound Director |
| Sound | Mark Ermler | Conductor |
| Directing | Nikolay Dostal | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yu. Yakovlev | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edit Priede | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Kosareva | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Lyudmila Rayeva | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Yuri Oreshkin | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Vitaliy Klimenkov | VFX Artist |
| Writing | A. Yashin | Script Consultant |
| Writing | I. Karaulov | Script Consultant |
| Writing | A. Birger | Script Consultant |
| Writing | A. Vinokur | Script Consultant |
| Writing | A. Chyorniy | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Aida Repina | Script Editor |
| Production | Nikolai Garo | Producer |