Vasili's Return

Vasili's Return

Vozvrashchenie Vasiliya Bortnikova
🎞️ Movie 102 min RU
โ˜… 5.9 /10 1953

Originally titled Vozvrachenia Vassilya Bortnikov, Vassili's Return was the last directorial effort by the great V.I. Pudovkin, who died in June of 1953. Like many of Pudovkin's later works, the film was diluted by interference from communist party officials; what remains, however, is well worth having, if miles removed from the brilliance of his earlier Mother, End of St. Petersburg and Storm over Asia. Based on a novel by G. Nikolayeva, the story centers upon a Russian named Vassili (Serge Lukynaov), who leaves his wife to do battle against the Germans in WW II. When Vassili is reported to have been killed in battle, his wife Avodtya (Natalya Medvedeva) marries another man. Per the film's title, Vassili returns, only to find his wife ostensibly out of his reach. Vassili and his former spouse eventually reunite as friends if not lovers, working side by side on a state-approved collective farm.

Cast

Sergei Lukyanov
Sergei Lukyanov
Vasiliy Bortnikov
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Natalya Medvedeva
Avdotya Bortnikova
Nikolai Timofeyev
Nikolai Timofeyev
Stepan Mokhov
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Anatoli Chemodurov
Boris Chekanov
Inna Makarova
Inna Makarova
Froska Blinova
Anatoliy Ignatyev
Anatoliy Ignatyev
Pavel
Vsevolod Sanaev
Vsevolod Sanaev
Kantaurov
Klara Luchko
Klara Luchko
Natalya Dubko
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Galina Stepanova
Tatyana Bolshakova
Nonna Mordyukova
Nonna Mordyukova
Nastya Ogorodnikova
Kirill Molchanov
Kirill Molchanov
Composer
Sergey Urusevskiy
Sergey Urusevskiy
Cinematographer