Vsevolod PUDOVKIN
Всеволод ПУДОВКИН
Vsevolod POUDOVKINE
USSR, 1952, 82mn 
Colour, fiction
The Return of Vassily Bortnikov
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Возвращение Василия Бортникова

 

 La Moisson

 Vozvrashchenie Vasiliya Bortnikova

 
Directed by : Vsevolod PUDOVKIN (Всеволод ПУДОВКИН)
Writing credits : Yevgeni GABRILOVICH (Евгений ГАБРИЛОВИЧ), Galina NIKOLAEVA (Галина НИКОЛАЕВА)
 
Cast
Anatoli CHEMODUROV (Анатолий ЧЕМОДУРОВ) ...Tchekanov
Anatoli IGNATIEV (Анатолий ИГНАТЬЕВ) ...Pavel
Klara LUCHKO (Клара ЛУЧКО) ...Natalia Doubko
Sergey LUKIANOV (Сергей ЛУКЬЯНОВ) ...Vassili Bortnikov
Inna MAKAROVA (Инна МАКАРОВА) ...Froska
Natalia MEDVEDEVA (Наталья МЕДВЕДЕВА) ...Avdotia
Nonna MORDYUKOVA (Нонна МОРДЮКОВА)
Vsevolod SANAEV (Всеволод САНАЕВ) ...Kanatourov
Nikolay TIMOFEYEV (Николай ТИМОФЕЕВ) ...Stepan
 
Cinematography : Sergey URUSEVSKY (Сергей УРУСЕВСКИЙ)
Production design : Boris CHEBOTAREV (Борис ЧЕБОТАРЕВ), Abram FREYDIN (Абрам ФРЕЙДИН)
Music : Kirill MOLCHANOV (Кирилл МОЛЧАНОВ)
Sound : Vladimir BOGDANKEVICH (Владимир БОГДАНКЕВИЧ)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 20,9 millions of spectators
Restauration : Mosfilm (1974)
Release date in Russia : 23/03/1953
 
Site : IMDb
Release date in France : 1954-09-15, Site

Plot synopsis
Based on the novel «The Harvest» by G. Nikolayeva. After contusion, having spent several years in a hospital, Vassily returns to the collective farm where he used to be the chairman. His wife, thinking he was dead, experienced inconsolable distress, but limitless love of a local mechanic charmed her and she introduced him into her home. Vassily’s return was hard for everybody. He gave himself entirely to work and then he returned to his family.
Source : www.mosfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
La famille, lieu de la trahison (parcours littéraire et cinématographique en Russie et en URSS), Catherine GERY, Presses de l'Inalco, 2016
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Grenoble 'Cinéphilies', Grenoble (France), 2008
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 1954-09-15
- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 1953

Photos and videos
 
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