When the Trees Were Tall (1961)

6.7/10 95 min Drama Romance

Overview

The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.

Cast

Inna Gulaya

Natasha

Yuriy Nikulin

Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov

Leonid Kuravlyov

Lenka

Vasiliy Shukshin

Chairman of the Kolkhoz

Lyudmila Chursina

Zoya

Viktor Pavlov

Yekaterina Mazurova

Anastasiya Borisovna

Yelena Korolyova

Nyurka

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Arkadi Trusov

Pavel Shalnov

Marina Gavrilko

Kuzma's neighbor

Danuta Stolyarskaya

Vera Orlova

Iya Marks

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