A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces of the vast Soviet Union into fertile agricultural plains. A classically Socialist-Realist narrative of an individual's 're-education'. Zhenia, a hapless idler, arrives with a band of enthusiastic young Konsomol members to build a new town in the steppe. Although his dream, like that of all the young participants, is 'to become a tractor driver and a hero', he isn't prepared to work for the honour.
Cast
Sergei Gurzo
Zhenia Omega (Женька Омега)
Idris Nogajbayev
Idris (Идрис)
Nina Grebeshkova
Raia (Рая)
Mukhtar Bakhtygereev
Unknown
Vladimir Boriskin
Filia (Филя, энтузиаст)
Kenenbai Kozhabekov
Havash Atabaev (Хаваш Атабаев)
Vsevolod Tyagushev
Kotik (Котик)
Rimma Shorokhova
Olga (Ольга)
Ivan Lobyzovskiy
Borodavka (Бородавка)
Pavel Kairov
Chausov (Чаусов)
Shakhan Musin
Partorg (Парторг)
L. Olshevsky
Dzyuba (Дзюба)
V. Skuridin
Unknown
K. Alishev
Unknown
L. Bodolazov
Unknown
Tamara Dumnaya
Unknown
Rakhia Koichubaeva
Unknown
Viktor Uralsky
Unknown
Nadezhda Samsonova
Unknown
G. Fedorovsky
Uncle Vasia (Дядя Вася)
Crew
Aleksandr Kurochkin
First Assistant Director Trainee
Aleksandr Medvedkin
Director, Writer
Samuil Ulanovskiy
Script Editor
S. Alieva
Editor
Viktor Maslennikov
Director of Photography
Vera Medvedkina
First Assistant Director
Sergei Gurzo
Assistant Director
A. Shevelev
Executive Producer
Pavel Zaltsman
Production Design
Yuri Mingazitdinov
Production Design
Askhat Ashrapov
Camera Operator
F. Absalyamov
Assistant Camera
V. Pokladov
Assistant Camera
S. Umarova
Makeup Artist
V. Ishunin
Sound Director
Yakov Kharon
Foley Artist
Bakhitzhan Baykadamov
Original Music Composer
Yevgeni Brusilovsky
Original Music Composer
Khuat Abuseitov
Assistant Director Trainee
Viktor Knushevitskiy
Conductor