Why?
The difficult fate of a man who went through the war, the horror of Hitler’s and Stalin’s camps, but retained fortitude, decency and purity.
Cast
Ivan Lapikov
Aleksei
Galina Orlova
Liza
Boris Nevzorov
Nikolai Artyomovich
Ada Rohovtseva
Tatyana Sergeyevna
Lyusyena Ovchinnikova
Mariya
Vadim Lyubshin
Alyosha
Elena Drobysheva
Gulya
Igor Bochkin
Pavel
Gennadi Frolov
Nikolai Afanasevich
Valeri Nadejko
Mitka
Tatyana Bojtova
Young Mariya
Sergey Chekan
Young Aleksei
Arseni Susekov
Fedya
Fyodor Valikov
Sidor Ivanovich
Sergey Barabanshchikov
Slavik
Vladimir Sklyarov
Police Chief
Yuri Andreyev
S. Akhmetova
M. Akmurzayev
Vladimir Bogdanov
A. Buglayev
S. Burykina
Igor Vasilev
Ye. Vershinina
Andrei Vysokovsky
L. Glastovitskaya
I. Golyshev
S. Dryzlov
D. Saitnurov
K. Slutsky
A. Talantov
Galina Churilina
Z. Chebotar
N. Zhuravlyov
Mark Zakharov
S. Knyazev
A. Ilyashevich
Tamara Klimova
Klavdiya Kozlyonkova
N. Mikhaylenko
Tatyana Mitrushina
Tatyana Chernopyatova
Alevtina Rumyantseva
Dmitri Bakonin
Natalya Borisova
Iliya Gotlib
Yuliya Vtorova
Mikhail Dementyev
Yuliya Derbikova
Olesya Zubakina
Alyosha Zhuravlyov
Aleksandr Lukyanets
Olga Kazimirova
Aleksandr Pisemsky
Viktor Matin
Vladimir Shapovalov
Crew
Ilya Gurin
Director
Ilya Gurin
Screenplay
Vatslav Mikhalsky
Screenplay
Vatslav Mikhalsky
Novel
Yuri Butsko
Music
Evgeniy Davydov
Director of Photography
Igor Klebanov
Director of Photography
Rimma Tsegelnitskaya
Editor
Nina Buzeyeva
Assistant Editor
Valentina Kharlashova
Assistant Editor
Vladimir Rossikhin
Color Timer
Nadezhda Ryabova
Assistant Editor
T. Smagina
Assistant Editor
Boris Kuzovkin
Production Design
Boris Duksht
Set Decoration
Emma Malaya
Costume Design
Vera Artyomova-Shavrey
Makeup Artist
S. Pyaskovskaya
Assistant Makeup Artist
Marianna Ter-Arakelyan
Assistant Makeup Artist
S. Bakonina
Art Department Assistant
Valentina Gvozdeva
Property Master
Nina Kiselyova
Set Designer
A. Meltsayeva
Art Department Assistant
R. Meltseva
Property Master
Tatyana Zotova
Set Designer
Arif Aliev
Sound Engineer
R. Melnichuk
Boom Operator
A. Grachikov
Pyrotechnician
Aleksandr Malyshev
Stunts
Galina Bodrova
Camera Operator
Sergei Bunin
Assistant Camera
Leonid Kazakov
Camera Operator
A. Konyshin
Chief Lighting Technician
Viktor Kulikov
Camera Operator
D. Zotov
Assistant Camera
Nataliya Ivakina
Assistant Costume Designer
Sergei Skripka
Conductor
Natalya Stroeva
Music Editor
Vsevolod Yegorov
Story Editor