When the Trees Were Tall

When the Trees Were Tall

95 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 25, 1961

The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.

When the Trees Were Tall

95 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 25, 1961

When the Trees Were Tall
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Когда деревья были большими
Directors Lev Kulidzhanov
Writers Nikolai Figurovsky

Cast

Inna Gulaya

as Natasha

Yuriy Nikulin

as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Lenka

Vasiliy Shukshin

as Chairman of the Kolkhoz

Yekaterina Mazurova

as Anastasiya Borisovna

Elena Korolyova

as Nyurka

Marina Gavrilko

as Kuzma's neighbor