''A Big Family'' (russian: Больша́я семья́, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 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

Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits ( be, Іосіф Яўхімавіч Хейфіц; – 24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of t ...

. It was entered into the

1955 Cannes Film Festival The 8th Cannes Film Festival was held from 26 April to 10 May 1955. The Golden Palm went to the US film '' Marty'' by Delbert Mann. The festival opened with '' Du rififi chez les hommes'' by Jules Dassin and closed with ''Carmen Jones'' by Otto Pr ...

. It was based on

Vsevolod Kochetov Vsevolod Anissimovich Kochetov (russian: Все́волод Ани́симович Ко́четов) (, Novgorod, Russian Empire - 4 November 1973, Moscow) was a USSR, Soviet Russian writer and cultural functionary. He has been described as a CPS ...

's novel ''Zhurbiny''.

Cast

Sergei Lukyanov Sergei Vladimirovich Lukyanov (russian: Сергей Владимирович Лукья́нов; 27 September 1910 — 1 March 1965) was a Soviet film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1952) and the winner of two Stalin Pr ...

as Matvei Zhurbin * Boris Andreyev as Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin *

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 Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina *

Aleksey Batalov Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Влади́мирович Бата́лов; 20 November 1928 – 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue acclaimed f ...

as Aleksei Zhurbin *

Sergei Kurilov Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and h ...

as Victor Zhurbin *

Vadim Medvedev Vadim (Cyrillic: Вадим) is a Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Slovene masculine given name derived either from the Persian ''badian'' (anise or aniseed), or from the Ruthenian word ''volod'' (russian: волод), meaning ''to rule'' or ''vaditi ...

as Anton Zhurbin * Boris Bityukov as Kostya Zhurbin *

Iya Arepina Iya Alexeyevna Arepina (russian: И́я Алексе́евна Аре́пина; July 2, 1930 in Ardatov – July 24, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian actress. She was named Best Actress at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for her performance ...

as Tanya Zhurbina *

Klara Luchko Klara Stepanivna Luchko ( uk, Клара Степанівна Лучко; russian: Кла́ра Степа́новна Лучко́; 1 July 1925 – 26 March 2005) was a Soviet, Russian and Ukrainian actress known for her roles in the Soviet cine ...

as Lida Zhurbina *

Ekaterina Savinova Ekaterina Fyodorovna Savinova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Фёдоровна Савинова; 26 December 1926 – 25 April 1970) was a Soviet theatre and film actress and singer most famous for the leading role in the comedy movie '' ...

as Dunyasha Zhurbina *

Pavel Kadochnikov Pavel Petrovich Kadochnikov (russian: Павел Петрович Кадочников; – 2 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979) and Hero of Socialist Labour ...

as Skobelev *

Elena Dobronravova Elena Borisovna Dobronravova (russian: Елена Борисовна Добронра́вова; 21 July 1932 – 24 January 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Born July 21, 1932 in Moscow in the family of artists of the Moscow Art Theatre Bo ...

as Katya Travnikova *

Nikolai Gritsenko Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko (russian: Николай Олимпиевич Гриценко, uk, Микола Олімпійович Гриценко; 24 July 1912 – 8 December 1979) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He ap ...

as Club Manager * Nikolai Sergeyev as Basmanov *

Larisa Kronberg Larisa Ivanovna Kronberg (also known as Larisa Kronberg-Sobolevskaya and Larisa Sobolevskaya, russian: Лариса Ивановна Кронберг; May 23, 1929 – April 23, 2017) was a Soviet Russian actress and a KGB agent. Biography K ...

as Zinaida Ivanova

Accolades

* 1955 –

– Special prize for best acting ensemble.

References

External links

* 1954 films 1950s Russian-language films 1954 drama films Films directed by Iosif Kheifits Lenfilm films Soviet drama films {{1950s-drama-film-stub