''White Dew'' (russian: Белые росы, Belye rosy) is a Soviet 1983
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by Igor Dobrolyubov.
It was chosen as comedy of the year by
Soviet Screen
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.
Plot
A small Belarusian village White Dew is becoming absorbed into a big town. In it lives an honored and respected man Fedos Khodas (
Vsevolod Sanaev
Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (Все′волод Васи′льевич Сана′ев; 25 2, o.s.February 1912 in Tula, Russian Empire – 27 January 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sana ...
). He has long been a widower, and his three sons have grown up. Fedos is worried about them. Senior Andrew (Gennady Garbuk) is a solid man but too calculating. Merry Vaska (
Nikolai Karachentsov) may lose his family because his wife Marousia (
Galina Polskikh) was meeting with her ex-lover in his absence. Middle one – Sasha (Michael Kakshonav), went to the Kuril Islands, and for 15 years was not at home. Events unfold in the background concerning the village characters and their resettlement in the city apartments.
Cast
Lead roles
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Vsevolod Sanayev – Fedos Hodas
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Nikolai Karachentsov – Vasiliy (Vaska), the youngest son
*Mikhail Kokshenov – Aleksander (Sashka), the middle son
*Gennady Garbuk – Andrei, the eldest son
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Boris Novikov
Boris Kuzmich Novikov (russian: Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of Russia (1994).
Biography
Bo ...
– Timofei
Supporting roles
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Galina Polskikh – Marousia, wife of Vasiliy
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Natalya Khorokhorina – Verka, postman
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Stanislav Sadalsky
Stanislav Yurievich Sadalsky (russian: Станисла́в Ю́рьевич Сада́льский; born 8 August 1951 in Chuvashia) is a Soviet and Russian actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The Twelve Chairs'' (Двенадцать стулье ...
– Mikhail (Mishka) Kisel
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Stefaniya Stanyuta – Kiselikha
*Irina Egorova – Andrei's wife
*Alexander Bespaly – Mikhail (Mishka)
*Yury Kukharenok – Skvortsov
*Yulia Kosmacheva – Galyunya
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Galina Makarova
Galina Klimentevna Makarova (real name Agatha; be, Галіна Кліменцьеўна Макарава, russian: Галина Климентьевна Мака́рова; December 27, 1919 — September 28, 1993) was a Soviet and Belarusian sta ...
– Matrona
References
External links
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Belarusian comedy films
1983 comedy films
Belarusfilm films
1983 films
1980s Russian-language films
Soviet comedy films
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