''A Big Family'' (russian: Больша́я семья́,
translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Iosif Kheifits
Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits ( be, Іосіф Яўхімавіч Хейфіц; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of t ...
. It was entered into the
1955 Cannes Film Festival.
It was based on
Vsevolod Kochetov
Vsevolod Anissimovich Kochetov (russian: Все́волод Ани́симович Ко́четов) (, Novgorod, Russian Empire - 4 November 1973, Moscow) was a Soviet Russian writer and cultural functionary. He has been described as a party dog ...
's novel ''Zhurbiny''.
Cast
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Sergei Lukyanov as Matvei Zhurbin
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Boris Andreyev as Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin
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Vera Kuznetsova as Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina
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Aleksey Batalov as Aleksei Zhurbin
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Sergei Kurilov as Victor Zhurbin
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Vadim Medvedev
Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vaditi ...
as Anton Zhurbin
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Boris Bityukov as Kostya Zhurbin
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Iya Arepina Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (russian: И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress.
She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance ...
as Tanya Zhurbina
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Klara Luchko
Klara Stepanivna Luchko ( uk, Клара Степанівна Лучко; russian: Кла́ра Степа́новна Лучко́; 1 July 1925 – 26 March 2005) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cin ...
as Lida Zhurbina
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Ekaterina Savinova
Ekaterina Fyodorovna Savinova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Фёдоровна Савинова; 26 December 1926 – 25 April 1970) was a Soviet theatre and film actress and singer most famous for the leading role in the comedy movie '' ...
as Dunyasha Zhurbina
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Pavel Kadochnikov as Skobelev
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Elena Dobronravova as Katya Travnikova
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Nikolai Gritsenko as Club Manager
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Nikolai Sergeyev as Basmanov
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Larisa Kronberg as Zinaida Ivanova
Accolades
* 1955 –
1955 Cannes Film Festival – Special prize for best acting ensemble.
References
External links
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1954 films
1950s Russian-language films
1954 drama films
Films directed by Iosif Kheifits
Lenfilm films
Soviet drama films
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