The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Based on the story of the same name by Anatoliy Kalinin. A young village woman, Klavdiya Pukhlyakova, the mother of a newborn girl, finds a gypsy boy at the crushed kibitka under the tanks. Having pity on the child, she takes him home and raises him as her own son. 17 years pass. Once in the village appears a lonely gypsy Budulai, who has experienced a lot. He very quickly gained the sympathy of Pukhlyakova's adoptive son. Suspecting that Budulai is the father of her gypsy boy, Klavdiya fears that the peace of the family will be disturbed...
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Venyamin BasnerOriginal Music Composer
- Yevgeny MatveyevDirector
- Yevgeni MitkoWriter
Cast
- Lyudmila KhityaevaKlavdiya Pukhlyakova
- Yevgeny MatveyevBudulai
- Sergei YermilovVanya
- Tatyana GrabovskayaNyura
- Vladimir YemelyanovTimofei Ilyich
- Ivan PereverzevIvan Dmitrievich
- Elena MaksimovaLushchilikha
- Pyotr LobodaCherenkov
- Lyudmila MarchenkoBudulai's wife
- Petro VesklyarovBudulai's father
- Margarita KrinitsynaStesha
- Zoya VasilkovaDasha
Stills
Themes
based on novel or book