The Return of Vasili Bortnikov
A veteran of World War II returns to civil life and the collective farm he once led, only to find his wife has re-married. Based on the novel "The Harvest," by Galina Nikolayeva.
Cast
Sergei Lukyanov
Vasili Bortnikov
Nikolai Timofeyev
Stephan
Inna Makarova
Frosya
Anatoli Chemodurov
Chekanov
Natalya Medvedeva
Avdotya
Anatoliy Ignatyev
Pavel
Vsevolod Sanayev
Kentaurov
Klara Luchko
Natalya Dubko
Nonna Mordyukova
Nastya Ogorodnikova
Galina Stepanova
Tatyana Timofeevna Bolshakova
Andrei Petrov
Vitya
Mariya Yarotskaya
Vasili's grandmother
Nikolai Shamin
Kuzma Vasilievich
Nikolay Dobronravov
Seryozha
Vladimir Kolchin
Buyanov
Danuta Stolyarskaya
Granya
Pyotr Kiryutkin
accountant
Aleksandra Danilova
Praskovya
Konstantin Nassonov
Professor Tolstoy
Aleksandr Tolstykh
Extra
Margarita Zharova
Nadezhda Petrovna
Crew
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Director
Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Screenplay
Galina Nikolayeva
Screenplay
Kirill Molchanov
Original Music Composer
Sergei Urusevsky
Director of Photography
Abram Freydin
Production Design
Galina Nikolayeva
Novel
Boris Chebotaryov
Production Design
Evgeniy Zilbershtein
Assistant Director
Vladimir Bogdankevich
Sound Director
Mikhail Isakovskiy
Lyricist
Viktor Biyazi
Producer
Arnold Roytman
Conductor