Tashkent, City of Bread

Tashkent, City of Bread

1968 · 97 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

Directed by Shukhrat Abbasov · Written by Andrei Konchalovsky

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Vladimir Vorobey Mizha
Vova Kudenko Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev Rakhim
Natalya Arinbasarova Saule
Nikolai Timofeyev Dunajev
Valentina Talyzina Dodonova, Misha's Mother
Aleksandr Susnin Stepan Dranov
Raisa Kurkina Nurse
Viktor Kolpakov Crippled Soldier
Yevgeny Gurov Old Man
Vakhob Abdullayev Policeman
Gani Agzamov

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