Synopsis
Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrei KonchalovskyScreenplay
- Shukhrat AbbasovDirector
- Albert MalakhovOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Vladimir VorobeyMizha
- Vova KudenkoSeryozha
- Bakhtiyar NabiyevRakhim
- Natalya ArinbasarovaSaule
- Nikolai TimofeyevDunajev
- Valentina TalyzinaDodonova, Misha's Mother
- Aleksandr SusninStepan Dranov
- Raisa KurkinaNurse
- Viktor KolpakovCrippled Soldier
- Yevgeny GurovOld Man
- Vakhob AbdullayevPoliceman
- Gani AgzamovCast
Stills
Themes
refugee trainuzbekistansoviettashkent