
A boy in Russia, circa 1900, makes a daunting trip from his home village to a school in the city.
Cast

Oleg Kuznetsov
Egorushka

Nikolay Trofimov
father Khristofor
Vladimir Sedov
Kuzmichov

Viktor Mamayev
Deniska

Sergey Bondarchuk
Yemelyan

Ivan Lapikov
Panteley

Georgi Burkov
Vasya

Anatoli Vasilyev
Dymov

Mikhail Kokshenov
Kiryukha

Veleriy Zakharyev
Stepka

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Moisey Moiseevich

Igor Kvasha
Solomon

Liliyan Malkina
Roza

Stanislav Lyubshin
Konstantin

Irina Skobtseva
Countess Dranitskaya

Mikhail Gluzskiy
Varlamov

Vasiliy Livanov
Kazimir Mikhailovich
Elena Savchenko
Nastasya Petrovna
Sofia Fomicheva
Unknown
Lidiya Martynenko
Unknown

Natalya Andreychenko
Unknown
Artem Shatrov
Unknown
Tanya Boriskina
Unknown

Aleksei Kovalyov
(uncredited)
Leonid Kladov
(uncredited)
Crew

Sergey Bondarchuk
Director, Screenplay

Anton Chekhov
Novel
Yelena Mikhaylova
Editor

Leonid Kalashnikov
Director of Photography
Bozhena Maslennikova
Color Grading

Vladimir Dostal
First Assistant Director
S. Kazantsev
Assistant Director
S. Bushkova
Assistant Director
Igor Lazarenko
Executive Producer
Viktor Petrov
Production Design
Yuri Fomenko
Production Design

Vladimir Shevtsik
Camera Operator
A. Korotkov
Assistant Camera
S. Aksyonov
Assistant Camera
Nadezhda Buzina
Costume Design
Mikhail Chikiryov
Makeup & Hair
Anna Makashova
Makeup & Hair
Yuri Mikhailov
Sound Director
Aleksandr Klimenko
VFX Supervisor
V. Komarinskiy
VFX Director of Photography

Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Larisa Vasilyeva
Lyricist
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