The Chairman (1964 film)
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| Directed by | Aleksei Saltykov |
| Written by | Yuri Nagibin |
| Starring |
Mikhail Ulyanov Nonna Mordyukova |
| Music by | Aleksandr Kholminov |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Nikolayev |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Soyuzkino |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Chairman (Russian: Председатель, translit. Predsedatel) is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Saltykov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Ivan Lapikov. This film was honored with a Second Prize at All-Union Film Festival in Kiev (1966).[1]
Plot
After World War II ends, soldier Yegor Trubnikov comes back to his native village to restore the ruined collective farm facilities. Rebuilding the kolkhoz is as hard for him as fighting the war. Becoming chairman, he charges himself with the burden of responsibility not only for the collective farm business, but also for the destiny of the people who are so close to him.
Interesting fact
The film (quite unusually for a Soviet movie) contains performance of a Christian religious hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee, although the melody is used for the purpose of anti-religious propaganda: it is performed by paupers who feign blindness.
Cast
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Yegor Trubnikov
- Ivan Lapikov as Semyon Trubnikov
- Nonna Mordyukova as Donya Trubnikova
- Vyacheslav Nevinnyy as Pavel Markushev
- Valentina Vladimirova as Polina Korshikova
- Kira Golovko as Nadya
- Arkadi Trusov as Ignat Zakharovich
- Vladimir Gulyayev as Ramenkov - District Party Instructor
- Antonina Bogdanova as Praskovya
- Aleksandr Kashperov as Shiryaev - Blacksmith
- Aleksei Krychenkov as Alyoshka Trubnikov
- Larisa Blinova as Liza
- Nikolai Parfyonov as Klyagin - First Secretary of the District Party Committee
- Aleksandr Galchenkov as Boris
- Vladimir Etush as Colonel Kaloye
- Sergei Kurilov as Kochetkov
- Sergei Blinnikov as Serdyukov
- Maya Blinova
- Vera Burlakova
- Antonina Dmitriyeva as Trubnikov's 'City' Wife
- Vladimir Ferapontov
- Sergei Golovanov as Newspaper Correspondent
- Aleksandr Kashperov
- Mikhail Kokshenov as Misha
- A. Kolesova
- Yelizaveta Kuzyurina as Motya Postnikova
- Aleksandr Lebedev
- V. Lebedev
- Vladimir Marenkov
- Varvara Popova as Samokhina
- Vasili Popov
- Fyodor Seleznyov
- Vitali Solomin as Valyozhin - Physician
- Yuri Solovyov
- A. Stroyev
- P. Timchenko
References
- ↑ "The Chairman." (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
External links
- The Chairman at the Internet Movie Database
- The Chairman. Kino-teatr.ru (Russian)