Siberiade (1979)
"Sibiriada" (original title)

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of ... See full summary »

Director:

Andrey Konchalovskiy

Writers:

Valentin Ezhov, Andrey Konchalovskiy

Stars:

Nikita Mikhalkov, Vitali Solomin, Sergey Shakurov

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikita Mikhalkov	...	Aleksei Ustyuzhanin
Vitali Solomin	...	Nikolai Ustyuzhanin
Sergey Shakurov	...	Spiridon Solomin
Natalya Andreychenko	...	Anastasia Solomina
Lyudmila Gurchenko	...	Older Taya Solomina
Vladimir Samoilov	...	Afanasi Ustyuzhanin
Yevgeni Perov	...	Yerofei Solomin
Mikhail Kononov	...	Rodion Klimentov
Konstantin Grigoryev	...	Geologist Guryev
Nikolai Skorobogatov	...	Yermolai
Pavel Kadochnikov	...	Eternal Grandfather
Yelena Koreneva	...	Younger Taya Solomina
Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso	...	Mitya (as Dmitriy Buzylyov)
Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev	...	Alesha Ustyuzhanin (as Yevgeni Leonov)
Ivan Dmitriyev	...	Blinov

Storyline

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil. The oil is found but the destruction of the old cemetry and everything the people of the village cared for followed to get the 'black treasure' of Siberia.

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Plot Keywords:

siberia | oil | village | taiga | russia | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian German

Release Date:

16 May 1980 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Siberiade

Filming Locations:

Siberia, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Satra, Sovexportfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

275 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Mono (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Sovcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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Connections

Features Triumph of the Will (1935)

User Reviews

Beautiful rusian cinema

This is just one of these rare cinema experiences. I've seen this film twice in cinema about 15 years ago. The first time in a stonecold auditorium (they ran out of heating oil) we all just sat there with gloves, jackets and other stuff to keep you warm. The film made such an impact with its beautifull images and its rare story. Russian cinema has a couple of these slow and long movies. Siberiade is a long (over 4 and a half hour) and slow movie. Long shots of man wading through cold swamps in search of oil. I like it!!!! It is a shame there was no videorelease in Europe, and now lets wait for the DVD!! Martin