The Russian Forest

2h 42m

6

Based on the novel of the same name by Leonid Leonov. Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past...

Cast

Rufina Nifontova

Елена Ивановна

Nina Drobysheva

Nikolai Gritsenko

Грацианский

Maria Pastukhova

Yelena Fadeyeva

Наталья Сергеевна

Arkadiy Arkadyev

Viktor Kolpakov

Klavdiya Polovikova

Семёниха

Ваня Вихров

Volodya Sedulin

Демидка Золотухин

Золотухин

Lyubov Sokolova

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Афанасий

Klarina Frolova-Vorontsova

Сапегина

мать Грацианского

Vsevolod Platov

Осьминов

Vasiliy Makarov

политрук

Aleksandr Kashperov

староста

Raisa Andriutse-Kirillova

Aleksandr Lebedev

предатель

Aleksandr Mikulin

Григорий

Vyacheslav Gostinsky

Veronika Buzhinskaya

Nikolai Sergeyev

Vasiliy Tsygankov

Crew

Vladimir Petrov

Director, Writer

Zoya Veryovkina

Valentin Zakharov

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Production Design

Lidiya Rakhlina

Maksut Alyautdinov

Special Effects

Lyudmila Aleksandrovskaya

Georgy Sviridov

Original Music Composer

Emin Khachaturyan