The Taras Family

A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kiev. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.

War Drama

Amvrosii Buchma

(Taras Yatsenko)

Venyamin Zuskin

(Aron Davidovich)

Lidia Kartasheva

(Euphrosyne)

Daniil Sagal

(Stepan)

Yevgeni Ponomarenko

(Andrey)

Mikhail Troyanovsky

(Nazar Ivanovich Omelchenko)

Kateryna Osmialovska

(Valya)

Mykhailo Vysotskyi

(German engineer)

Sergei Troitsky

(Policeman (uncredited))

Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi

(Maxim)

Aleksey Vatulya

(Ignat Nesoglasny)

Anton Dunaisky

(Panas)

Grigori Dolgov

(Petushkov)

Samuel Stolerman

(Artist)

Viktor Khalatov

(German commandant)

Hans Klering

(German Lieutenant)

Dmytro Kapka

(Zubatov)

Yunona Yakovchenko

(Mariyka)

Aleksandra Denisova

(collective farmer)