Iosif KHEIFITS
Иосиф ХЕЙФИЦ
Iossif KHEIFITS
USSR, 1954, 108mn 
Colour, fiction
A Big Family
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Большая семья

 

 Une grande famille

 Bolshaya semya

 
Directed by : Iosif KHEIFITS (Иосиф ХЕЙФИЦ)
Writing credits : Sokrat KARA (Сократ КАРА), Vsevolod KOCHETOV (Всеволод КОЧЕТОВ)
 
Cast
Boris ANDREYEV (Борис АНДРЕЕВ) ...Ilia Matveevitch Jourbine
Aleksey BATALOV (Алексей БАТАЛОВ) ...Alekseï Jourbine
Yelena DOBRONRAVOVA (Елена ДОБРОНРАВОВА) ...Kati Travnikova
Nikolay GRITSENKO (Николай ГРИЦЕНКО) ...Veniamin Semionovitch
Pavel KADOCHNIKOV (Павел КАДОЧНИКОВ) ...Skobelev
Vera KUZNETSOVA (Вера КУЗНЕЦОВА) ...Arafia Karpovna
Klara LUCHKO (Клара ЛУЧКО) ...Lida
Sergey LUKIANOV (Сергей ЛУКЬЯНОВ) ...Matveï Jourbine
Vadim MEDVEDEV (Вадим МЕДВЕДЕВ)
Tatyana PELTSER (Татьяна ПЕЛЬТЦЕР) ...Tiotia Lisa
Nikolay SERGEIEV (Николай СЕРГЕЕВ) ...Basmanov
 
Cinematography : Sergey IVANOV (Сергей ИВАНОВ)
Production design : Viktor SAVOSTIN (Виктор САВОСТИН), Viktor VOLIN (Виктор ВОЛИН)
Music : Venedikt PUSHKOV (Венедикт ПУШКОВ)
Sound : Arnold SHARGORODSKY (Арнольд ШАРГОРОДСКИЙ)
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 26 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
Best Actor Work Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1955

Plot synopsis
Based on “The Zhurbins”, a novel by Vsevolod Kochetov.
Young Alexey Zhurbin, his father Ilya, his grandfather Matvey, his brothers Anton and Viktor, his girlfriend Katya, the old craftsman Basmanov who is a family friend — all of them are unique and original. The old people’s friendship and the young ove evoke feeling and sympathy. The spectators are moved by the trials encountered by Alexey and Katya in their private life, by Viktor’s wife Lida leaving the Zhurbin family, by the sincere and touching intention of the old craftsman Ilya to master the basics of algebra...
Award for Best Cast at the 8th IFF in Cannes, France (1955).
Source www.lenfilm.ru
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2012
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2011
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1955