Siberiade (1979)

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 (as Andrey Mikhalkov-Konchalovskiy)

Writers:

Valentin Ezhov, Andrey Konchalovskiy (as Andrey Mikhalov-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	...	Nastya Solomina
Lyudmila Gurchenko	...	Taya Solomina v 60-e godi
Vladimir Samoylov	...	Afanasi Ustyuzhanin
Yevgeny Perov	...	Yerofei Solomin
Mikhail Kononov	...	Rodion Klimentov
Konstantin Grígoryev	...	Geolog Guryev (as Konstantin Grigorev)
Nikolai Skorobogatov	...	Yermolai
Pavel Kadochnikov	...	vechniy Ded
Elena Koreneva	...	Taya Solominav 40-e godi
Dmitriy Buzylyov-Kretso	...	Mitya (as Dmitriy Buzylyov)
Evgeniy Leonov-Gladyshev	...	Aleksey Ustyuzhanin v 40-e godi (as Yevgeni Leonov)
Ivan Dmitriev	...	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:

oil | siberia | generation | communism | oil drilling | 

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Taglines:

The history of Russia from the beginning of the century till early 80s. [Korean DVD.]

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Longest film to be in competition for the Palme d'Or.

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Goofs

The boom mic is visible for less than a second in the top left corner at roughly 1:29:11, when Alexei is talking to the elder grandfather, and the grandfather stands up and begins chanting at him.

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Connections

Edited from Four Seasons (1975)

User Reviews

great epic movie

It is a story of Siberian village people from the beginning of 20th century till the 60ties. It is about passion and feelings, about Russian soul, and very romantic. This movie IS NOT action packed, it flowes slowely. In second part one can find great songs - Russian romances. It is much more better than Doctor Zhivago. The director of this movie moved to America and made Runaway Train for example.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian German

Release Date:

16 May 1980 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Siberiade

Filming Locations:

Siberia, Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,753

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm, Trete Tvorcheskoe Obedinenie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

275 min

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1