I Wish to Speak

I Wish to Speak

145 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1976

The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.

I Wish to Speak

145 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 1976

I Wish to Speak
The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Прошу слова
Directors Gleb Panfilov
Writers Gleb Panfilov

Cast

Inna Churikova

as Elizaveta Uvarova

Nikolai Gubenko

as Sergei Uvarov

Leonid Bronevoy

as Пётр Васильевич Алтухов, бывший председатель горисполкома

Vasiliy Shukshin

as Фёдор, местный драматург

Ernst Romanov

as доцент Козлов