''A Home for Tanya'' (russian: Отчий дом, translit. Otchiy dom) is a 1959 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Lev Kulidzhanov Lev Aleksandrovich Kulidzhanov (russian: Лев Александрович Кулиджанов; 19 March 1924 – 17 February 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. ...

. It competed for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

at the

1959 Cannes Film Festival The 12th Cannes Film Festival was held from 30 April to 15 May 1959. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Orfeu Negro'' by Marcel Camus. The festival opened with '' Les Quatre Cents Coups'', directed by François Truffaut and closed with ''The Diary of An ...

Cast

Vera Kuznetsova Vera Andreevna Kuznetsova (russian: Вера Андреевна Кузнецова; 6 October 1907 — 11 December 1994) was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films from 1944 to 1991. Selected filmography References Extern ...

as Natalya Avdeyevna *

Lyudmila Marchenko Lyudmila Vasilyevna Marchenko (russian: Людми́ла Васи́льевна Ма́рченко; 20 June 1940 – 23 January 1997) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in twelve films between 1959 and 1976. She starred in the film ''A ...

as Tanya *

Valentin Zubkov Valentin Ivanovich Zubkov (russian: Валенти́н Ива́нович Зубко́в; 12 May 1923 – 18 January 1979) was a Soviet film actor. He was born in Peschanoye Settlement of Ryazan Province. He finished Armavir Military Aviation Sc ...

as Sergei Ivanovich * Nikolai Novlyansky as Grandfather Avdey (as N. Novlyansky) *

Nonna Mordyukova Noyabrina Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Но́нна (Ноябри́на) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; 25 November 1925 – 6 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974). She was the star ...

as Stepanida *

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Lyusyena Ivanovna Ovchinnikova (russian: Люсье́на Ива́новна Овчи́нникова; 10 September 1931 – 8 January 1999) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1993. She is an Merit ...

as Nyurka * Pyotr Kiryutkin as Mokeich * Pyotr Alejnikov as Fyodor *

Yelena Maksimova Yelena Aleksandrovna Maksimova ( rus, Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Макси́мова; November 23, 1905 – September 23, 1986) was a Soviet film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1958). Selected filmography * Women of Ry ...

as Markarikha * Yuri Arkhiptsev

References

External links

* 1959 films 1959 drama films 1950s Russian-language films Soviet black-and-white films Films directed by Lev Kulidzhanov Gorky Film Studio films Soviet drama films {{1950s-USSR-film-stub