Bread (1988)
Set around the Volga river, the story begins around 1900, when Russian peasants are let free and allowed to own their farmlands. But soon they suffer from losses during the 1917 Russian Revolution and the following Civil War. Then, the major national catastrophe is started by Stalin: his communist government kills millions of farmers and steals all their food supplies, causing the longest and deadliest famine all over central Russia during the 1920s and 1930s.
Director: Grigori Nikulin
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Nikolai Voloshin as |
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Andrey Dudarenko as |
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Sergey Nikonenko as |
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Nina Ruslanova as |
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Natalya Sayko as |
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Aleksei Buldakov as |
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Kirill Lavrov as |
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Petr Shelokhonov as |
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Yuri Votyakov as |
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Vladlen Biryukov as |
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Nikolay Mikheev as |
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Vladimir Bogdanov as |
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Vladimir Aukstikalnis as |
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Galina Gudova as |
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Nikolai Kryukov as |
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Natalya Lapina as |
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Mariya Lavrova as |
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Grigori G. Nikulin as |
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Natasha Reshetnikova as |
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Aleksey Zaytsev as |
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Viktor Mikhaylov as |
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Aleksandr Bashurov as |
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Mikhail Brylkin as |
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Vladimir Kadochnikov as Priest |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Zamakhina | Costume Design |
| Sound | Viktor Lebedev | Music |
| Art | Pavel Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Art | Vladimir Bannykh | Production Design |
| Camera | Sergey Astakhov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Grigori Nikulin | Writer |
| Writing | Yuri Tyurin | Writer |
| Writing | Mikhail Alekseyev | Writer |
| Directing | Grigori Nikulin | Director |
| Editing | Valentina Gorelova | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Nikolay Pavlov | Stunts |