The Russian Forest

The Russian Forest

1964 · 162 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, History

Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past.

Directed by Vladimir Petrov · Written by Leonid Leonov

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Boris Tolmazov Вихров
Rufina Nifontova Елена Ивановна
Nina Drobysheva Поля
Nikolai Gritsenko Грацианский
Maria Pastukhova Таиска
Yelena Fadeyeva Наталья Сергеевна
Arkadiy Arkadyev Кнышев
Sergei Kalinin Калина
Yuriy Yakovlev Киттель
Ivan Dmitriev Крайнов
Viktor Kolpakov Титка
Klavdiya Polovikova Семёниха

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