A Big Family

A Big Family

100 mins | Drama | Nov. 5, 1954

Drama based on the novel by Vsevolod Kochetov “The Zhurbin Family”. The characters of the picture are a large family of hereditary shipbuilders. Three generations of the Zhurbin live under one roof: grandfather Matvei, his son Ilya, three sons of Ilya — Aleksei, Anton and Viktor. In a short time, representatives of the fourth generation are born. The share of the youngest son of Aleksei fall the most severe life tests. The background for family conflicts is the reorganization of production. All Zhurbin's have to change their profession to move on.

A Big Family

100 mins | Drama | Nov. 5, 1954

A Big Family
Drama based on the novel by Vsevolod Kochetov “The Zhurbin Family”. The characters of the picture are a large family of hereditary shipbuilders. Three generations of the Zhurbin live under one roof: grandfather Matvei, his son Ilya, three sons of Ilya — Aleksei, Anton and Viktor. In a short time, representatives of the fourth generation are born. The share of the youngest son of Aleksei fall the most severe life tests. The background for family conflicts is the reorganization of production. All Zhurbin's have to change their profession to move on.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Большая семья
Directors Iosif Kheifits
Writers Sokrat Kara, Vsevolod Kochetov

Cast

Sergei Lukyanov

as grandfather Matvei

Boris Andreyev

as Ilya Matveyevich

Vera Kuznetsova

as Agafya Karpovna

Aleksey Batalov

as Aleksei

Sergei Kurilov

as Viktor

Vadim Medvedev

as Anton

Boris Bityukov

as Kostya

Iya Arepina

as Tonya

Klara Luchko

as Lida

Ekaterina Savinova

as Dunyasha

Nikolai Sergeyev

as Basmanov

Yelena Dobronravova

as Katya Travnikova

Pavel Kadochnikov

as Skobelev

Larisa Kronberg

as Zina Ivanova

Nikolai Gritsenko

as head of the club

Boris Kokovkin

as factory director

Ivan Nazarov

as Mikheyev

Nikolai Yemelyanov

as Zhukov

Vladimir Tatosov

as press photographer

Boris Kudryashov

as worker Sanya

Aleksandr Khlopotov

as meeting member

Pyotr Lobanov

as Kuzmich

Anna Lisyanskaya

as librarian (uncredited)

Tatyana Pelttser

as aunt Liza (uncredited)