''By the Lake'' (russian: У озера, U ozera) is a two-part 1969

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film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. In 1971 the

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for this film was awarded to Sergei Gerasimov, cinematographer Vladimir Rapoport, art director Pyotr Galadzhev, and the group of leading actors: Oleg Zhakov, Vasily Shukshin, Natalya Belokhvostikova.

Plot

The film covers the time period of the first half of the 1960s. On the shore of Lake Baikal construction of a pulp and paper mill is planned. Well-known scientist Professor Barmin and his daughter Lena start to fight to preserve the unique ecosystem of the lake. At the same time Lena Barmina's personal drama unfolds, when she falls in love with the married elderly plant director Vasily Chernykh. One of the main characters in the film was based on the scientist Mikhail Kozhov, an expert on the fauna of Lake Baikal.

Cast

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (russian: Олег Петрович Жаков; 1 April 1905 in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate – 4 May 1988 in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Krai) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. He performed in more than sixty films between ...

as Barmin *

Vasily Shukshin Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A ...

as Chernykh * Natalya Belokhvostikova as Lena Barmina * Valentina Telichkina as Valya Korolkova * Mikhail Nozhkin as Gennady Yakovlev * Natalya Arinbasarova as Katya Olzoeva *

Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr. ( be, Мікалай Мікалаевіч Яроменка (малодшы), (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ерёменко-мла́дший; 14 February 1949 — 27 May 2001) was a Soviet and ...

as Alexey *

Vadim Spiridonov Vadim Semyonovich Spiridonov (russian: Вадим Семёнович Спиридонов; 14 October 1944 – 7 December 1989) was a Soviet film actor, film director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Winner of the State Prize of the USSR (19 ...

as Konstantin Konovalov * Yuriy Kuzmenkov as a passenger on a train *

Natalya Bondarchuk Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Бондарчук) (born 10 May 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris (1972 ...

as a passenger on a train * Nina Maslova as a girl in a drama production

External links

* 1969 films Soviet drama films 1960s Russian-language films Films set in the Soviet Union Gorky Film Studio films Films directed by Sergei Gerasimov {{1960s-USSR-film-stub