Looking for My Fate (1975)
There were three sisters — Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov. Vera, having survived unhappy love, goes to the monastery, where she gives birth to a child. The child dies, Vera commits suicide. Lyuba and grandmother attend church and maintain relations with priest Aleksandr. To Nadezhda that condemns their religiosity, it seems that Lyuba is in love with father Aleksandr. She comes home to him and demands that he stop dating Lyuba. However, it turns out that Aleksandr is in love with Nadezhda. Knowing him better, she reciprocates him, facing a difficult choice, Aleksandr breaks with religion.
Director: Aida Manasarova
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Georgi Zhzhyonov as Karyakin |
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Eduard Martsevich as Aleksandr |
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Galina Polskikh as Nadezhda |
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Elena Safonova as Lyuba |
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Semyon Morozov as Grekov |
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Konstantin Sorokin as Fyodor Illarionovich |
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Antonina Pavlycheva as grandmother |
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Maya Bulgakova as Vera |
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Sergei Yakovlev as college director |
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Yevgeni Shutov as Klimentiy |
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Anatoly Vedyonkin as factory worker |
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Vera Altayskaya as Dariya |
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Vera Burlakova as Alevtina |
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Valentina Berezutskaya as Nadezhda's friend |
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Inna Vykhodtseva as Yekaterina Antonovna |
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Nina Dobrikova as Vera |
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Larisa Danilina as neighbor |
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Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya as Nadezhda's friend |
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Aleksandr Lebedev as podyachy |
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Vladimir Pitsek as veteran |
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Manefa Sobolevskaya as parishioner |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as Ivan Afanasyevich |
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Svetlana Stepanova as Aleksandr's wife |
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Marianna Strizhenova as organizer of the poetry evening |
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Aleksandra Kharitonova as neighbor |
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Vyacheslav Gostinsky as philosopher (uncredited) |
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Evgeniy Zosimov as guest (uncredited) |
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Ivan Turchenkov as churchman (uncredited) |
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Anatoli Golik as guest (uncredited) |
| Directing | Aida Manasarova | Director |
| Writing | Roza Budantseva | Writer |
| Writing | Nikolai Yershov | Novel |
| Art | Natalya Meshkova | Production Design |
| Writing | Nikolai Yershov | Writer |
| Editing | Yelena Klimenko | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Romanova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Leonid Kraynenkov | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Panteleyeva | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Nikolai Sidelnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Sergei Minervin | Sound Director |
| Sound | Mark Ermler | Conductor |
| Directing | A. Kuznetsov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Sergey Shemakhov | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | V. Yevstigneyev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | S. Zyablikov | VFX Artist |
| Directing | N. Khazemova | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | A. Ovchinnikov | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yu. Baglayev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | L. Shteyn | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Nina Skuybina | Script Editor |
| Sound | Minna Blank | Music Editor |
| Writing | V. Garadzha | Script Consultant |
| Production | G. Abramov | Executive Producer |