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.

Inna Gulaya

Yuriy Nikulin

(Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov)

Leonid Kuravlyov

Vasiliy Shukshin

(Chairman of the Kolkhoz)

Lyudmila Chursina

Viktor Pavlov

Yekaterina Mazurova

(Anastasiya Borisovna)

Yelena Korolyova

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Arkadi Trusov

Pavel Shalnov

Georgi Shapovalov

Marina Gavrilko

(Kuzma's neighbor)

Danuta Stolyarskaya

Vera Orlova

Vladimir Lebedev

Iya Marks