''A Weary Road'' (russian: Долгий путь, Dolgiy put) is a 1956

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

drama film directed by

Leonid Gaidai Leonid Iovich Gaidai (russian: Леонид Иович Гайдай; 30 January 1923 – 19 November 1993) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the fo ...

and Valentin Nevzorov. Filmed on the motives of

Vladimir Korolenko Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко, ua, Володи́мир Галактіо́нович Короле́нко; 27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Ukrainian-born ...

's Siberian stories.

Plot

The stationmaster Kruglikov fired at his boss, who wanted him to go along with him as a matchmaker to the supervisor's friend, Raissa, and as a result he was sent to a settlement in Siberia. And suddenly a political exile arrives at the station, which turns out to be the same Raissa.

Cast

* Sergei Yakovlev as Vasili KruglikovНаталья Варлей: Внешне серьезный и неулыбчивый, Гайдай обладал удивительным чувством юмора
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Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Вячесла́вович Белоку́ров; July 8, 1904 – January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (196 ...

as Latkin * Kyunna Ignatova as Raisa Fedoseyeva *

Leonid Gubanov Leonid Ivanovich Gubanov (russian: Леонид Иванович Губанов; 2 August 1928 – 24 February 2004) was a Soviet Russian actor, theater director, master of the artistic word (reader). Born in village of Rybatskoye in Leningrad ...

as Dmitri Orestovich * Nikifor Kolofidin as Vassili's Father * Aleksandr Antonov as Raissa's Father * Apollon Yachnitsky as Arabin *

Ivan Ryzhov Ivan Petrovich Ryzhov (russian: Ива́н Петро́вич Рыжо́в; 25 January 1913, Ramensky District, Zelyonaya Sloboda, Bronnitsky Uyezd, Moscow Governorate — 15 March 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. Peop ...

as gendarme * Ekaterina Mazurova as Raisa's mother

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weary Road 1956 films Soviet drama films 1950s Russian-language films 1956 drama films Films directed by Leonid Gaidai Films based on Russian novels Mosfilm films 1956 directorial debut films