The City Turns the Lights On

The City Turns the Lights On

92 mins | Drama, Romance | July 21, 1958

Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...

The City Turns the Lights On

92 mins | Drama, Romance | July 21, 1958

The City Turns the Lights On
Based on the novel by Viktor Nekrasov “In the Hometown”. Former front-line intelligence officer, captain Nikolai Mityasov, after being wounded, returns to the destroyed city and learns the sad news: his wife Shura cheated on him. Bitterness and confusion gave way to hope. But peace has come, demobilization has begun, it is necessary to restore the homeland. Nikolai finds the strength to continue living, enters a construction institute, meets Valya and begins a new happy life without war...
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Город зажигает огни
Directors Vladimir Vengerov
Writers Viktor Nekrasov, Vladimir Vengerov

Cast

Nikolay Pogodin

as Nikolai

Oleg Borisov

as Sergei

Pavel Usovnichenko

as Khokhryakov

Yuri Lyubimov

as Boykov

Aleksandr Sokolov

as Nikoltsev

Valentin Grudinin

as Gromoboi

Boris Arakelov

as Lyovka

Vyacheslav Voronin

as Malkov

Alisa Freyndlikh

as Pichikova

Inna Kondratyeva

as Shura's neighbor

Mikhail Ladygin

as examiner in mathematics

Yelizaveta Zhikhareva

as examiner in English

Lyubov Malinovskaya

as faculty's secretary

Dmitri Franko

as wounded man in hospital

Yuri Mazhuga

as slippers seller

Oleg Khromenkov

as entrant-sailor (uncredited)

Olga Volkova

as entrant girl (uncredited)

Lyudmila Bezuglaya

as entrant girl (uncredited)

Svetlana Mazovetskaya

as entrant girl (uncredited)