The Days of the Turbins

The Days of the Turbins

Limited Series 1976 · 3 eps · ★ 8.0 · War & Politics, Drama

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Winter of 1918-1919. The power in the city passes from the hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine, then from Petliura to the Bolsheviks. Turbins and their acquaintances have to make their choice. Colonel Alexei Turbin and his brother Nicholas remain loyal to the White Movement and bravely defend it, without worrying about their lives. Elena's (née Turbin) husband, Vladimir Talberg flees shamefully from the city with the retreating German troops. In this troubled time, the family and close friends gather and celebrate the New Year. A strange and slightly ridiculous person comes to visit them, a distant relative of the Turbins: Larion Surzhansky

Directed by Vladimir Basov · Written by Vladimir Basov

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Andrey Myagkov Alexei Turbin
Andrei Rostotsky Nikolai Turbin
Vasili Lanovoy Shervinsky
Vladimir Basov Myshlaevsky
Pyotr Shcherbakov Studzinsky
Valentina Titova Elena Talberg
Oleg Basilashvili Vladimir Talberg
Sergei Ivanov Lariosik
Viktor Chekmaryov Lisovich
Margarita Krinitsyna Vanda, wife of Lisovich
Viktor Stepanenko Vasyl's friend

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