Overview

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

Genres

Cast

Natalya Arinbasarova

Saule

Nikolai Timofeyev

Dunajev

Valentina Talyzina

Dodonova, Misha's Mother

Aleksandr Susnin

Stepan Dranov

Raisa Kurkina

Nurse

Viktor Kolpakov

Crippled Soldier

Yevgeny Gurov

Old Man

Vakhob Abdullayev

Policeman

Stanislav Chekan

Trader

Aleksandra Denisova

Granny

Nurkhon Ishmukhamedov

Worker

Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya

Trader