Introduction to Life

1h 41m
DramaWarFamily
4.4

A boy from Leningrad has his world turned upside down by his parent's separation and World War II. He leaves town amidst the fighting and returns to find a friend in his step-brother. The war is seen through the eyes of children and told in flashback form. The film was a special prize winner at the Venice Film Festival.

Cast

Mariya Andrianova
Unknown
Boris Tokarev
Unknown
Nina Urgant
Unknown
Yuri Volkov
Unknown
Nikolay Burlyaev
Unknown
Nataliya Bogunova
Unknown
Lyubov Sokolova
Unknown
Valeriy Nosik
Unknown
Stanislav Chekan
Unknown
Arkadi Trusov
Unknown
Vera Veliaminova
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Anna Zarzhitskaya
Conductor
Gleb Rozhdestvensky
Conductor

Crew

Igor Talankin
Director
N. Belyaeva
Script Editor
Vera Panova
Screenplay, Short Story
Maria Kuzmina
Editor
Valeriy Vladimirov
Director of Photography
Vladimir Minaev
Director of Photography
N. Arkhangelskiy
Assistant Director
Lidiya Kanareykina
Executive Producer
Semyon Ushakov
Production Design
Shelli Bykhovskaya
Costume Design
N. Klimova
Makeup & Hair
Artashes Vanetsian
Sound Director
Alfred Schnittke
Original Music Composer
Grigoriy Gamburg
Conductor

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