Mother's Loyalty (1966)
The film covers the period from 1900 to 1917. Historical events—the Russo-Japanese War, January 9, and others—are shown through the eyes of a mother who begins to realize that her children have many like-minded followers, and thanks to this, she comes to believe in the feasibility of the ideals for which her eldest son sacrificed himself. Only the awareness that his cause is not hopeless, that it is achievable and close to victory, gives her the courage to endure separation from her loved ones and wandering.
Director: Mark Donskoy
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Yelena Fadeyeva as Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova |
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Nina Menshikova as Anna |
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Rodion Nahapetov as Vladimir |
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Gennadi Chertov as Aleksandr |
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Yuriy Solomin as Dmitry |
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Tamara Loginova as Maria |
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Aleksandra Moskalyova as Elizaveta Vasilievna Krupskaya |
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Yelmira Kapustina as Nadezhda Krupskaya |
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Nadezhda Fedosova as Praskovya Osmukhina |
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Viktor Shakhov as Pavel Osmukhin |
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Georgi Yepifantsev as Mark Elizarov |
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Yuriy Bykov as Gorchilin |
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Arkadi Tsinman as Gendarme general |
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Vladimir Yemelyanov as Commander |
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Pavel Tarasov as Administering |
| Directing | Mark Donskoy | Director |
| Writing | Irina Donskaya | Writer |
| Writing | Zoya Voskresenskaya | Writer |
| Camera | Mikhail Yakovich | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Dulenkov | Production Design |
| Sound | Rafail Khozak | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Anatoli Dikan | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Boris Kuzovkin | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Shnayder-Khachatryan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentina Pustovalova | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Pushkin | Key Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Mariya Rodionova | Editor |
| Directing | V. Raenko | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Svetlana Rimalis | Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Safonova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | N. Khanzhonkov | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Vladimir Okunev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | I. Tutunov | Assistant Camera |
| Art | V. Orlov | Assistant Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Alekseyev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Vladimir Nikitchenko | Visual Effects Designer |
| Lighting | V. Pligin | Lighting Technician |
| Writing | I. Pushkareva | Script Consultant |
| Writing | N. Mamai | Script Consultant |
| Writing | L. Rakov | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Sara Rubinstein | Script Editor |
| Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
| Production | David Prober | Executive Producer |
| Production | Grigoriy Rimalis | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eleonora Maklakova | Costume Design |
| Camera | Sergey Filippov | Camera Operator |
| Directing | V. Pavlovsky | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Ye. Lunina | Second Unit Director |