

When the Trees Were Tall
December 25, 1961•1h 35m•★ 6.8
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Lev KulidzhanovCast

Inna Gulaya
Natasha

Yuriy Nikulin
Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov

Leonid Kuravlyov
Lenka

Vasiliy Shukshin
Chairman of the Kolkhoz

Lyudmila Chursina
Zoya

Viktor Pavlov

Yekaterina Mazurova
Anastasiya Borisovna

Yelena Korolyova
Nyurka

Yevgeniya Melnikova

Arkadi Trusov

Pavel Shalnov
?
Georgi Shapovalov

Marina Gavrilko
Kuzma's neighbor

Danuta Stolyarskaya

Vera Orlova
?
Vladimir Lebedev

Iya Marks