Movie: Call Me from Afar

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
Лидия Федосеева-Шукшина

Grusha Veselova

Vladimir Naumenko
Vladimir Naumenko

Vitya

Stanislav Lyubshin
Станислав Любшин

Vladimir Nikolayevich

Mikhail Ulyanov
Михаил Ульянов

Nikolay

Ivan Ryzhov
Иван Рыжов

ded Savva

Oleg Novikov
Олег Новиков

Yura

Pyotr Lyubeshkin
Пётр Любешкин

Fyodor Fyodorovich

Nikolai Brilling
Николай Бриллинг

Kuzma Yegorovich

Aleksey Vanin
Алексей Ванин

Aleksey

Lidiya Dranovskaya
Lidiya Dranovskaya

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    Grusha's (Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina) husband has left her and she is now a single parent to her adolescent son Vitya (Vladimir Naumenko). Her brother Nikolay (Mikhail Ulyanov) is determined to hook her up with his friend Vladimir (the film's co-director Stanislav Lyubshin). For Grusha and Vladimir to have privacy to build up their relationship, Nikolay decides his nephew Vitya needs to stay out of the way, so he urges Vitya to come live with his family for a while. However, Grusha's not so sure about the arrangement. Based on a play by Vasiliy Shukshin.

  • Release Date

    1978-01-23

  • Average

    6.25

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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  • Languages:

    Pусский
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