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When the Trees Were Tall ()

Kogda derevya byli bolshimi (original title)
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The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.

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Natasha
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Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
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Lenka
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Anastasiya Borisovna
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Chairman of the Kolkhoz
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Zoya
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Nyurka
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Postman
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Conductor (as Evgeniya Melnikova)
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Grisha - chairman of the village
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Local policeman
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Railwayman
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Kuzma neighbor in the apartment
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Kuzma neighbor in the apartment
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Watchman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Galina Binevskaya ...
Mama Oli (as G. Binevskaya)
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(as V. Lebedev)
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Neighbor - old woman (as I. Marks)
A. Pashukhina
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(as Olya Petrova)
Galina Shmovanova
T. Tishura
O. Yakushev
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Barmaid (uncredited)
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Driver (uncredited)
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Driver (uncredited)
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Fedor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Lev Kulidzhanov

Written by

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Nikolai Figurovsky ... ()

Produced by

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Lev Kulidzhanov ... producer

Music by

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Leonid Afanasyev

Cinematography by

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Valeri Ginzburg

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Natalya Loginova

Production Design by

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Pyotr Galadzhev

Costume Design by

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N. Babulina

Makeup Department

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A. Ivanov ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Boris Krakovskiy ... production manager (as Boris Krakovsky)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Isaak Magiton ... second unit director (as I. Magiton)

Sound Department

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Dmitri Belevich ... sound

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B. Gokke ... camera operator
I. Zarafian ... camera operator

Music Department

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Aleksey Fatyanov ... lyricist (as A. Fatyanov)
Grigoriy Gamburg ... conductor

Additional Crew

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Valeriya Pogozheva ... story editor (as V. Pogozheva)

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Also Known As
  • Когда деревья были большими (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • When the Trees Were Tall (United States)
  • Quand les arbres étaient grands (France)
  • Ko so bila drevesa velika (Slovenia)
  • Gdy drzewa były duże (Poland)
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  • 95 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia In a scene where Inna Guyala is reading from a newspaper, the article which is being read is describing demonstrations of the African-American Civil Rights Movement within the United States. The article being read is referring to the Freedom Riders of a demonstration where civil rights activist James Zwerg was thrown out of a bus and his face was smashed onto hot concrete pavement. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Inna Gulaya. See more »

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