In search for a better life, Anna leaves her Ukrainian village for a big city. Three years later, she finds herself working two jobs and spending most of her days in a rooming house inhabited by broken people.
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13 people
Yelena Kuzmina
Anna
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Faina Ranevskaya
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Vladimir Solovyov
Vasil, Anna's brother
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Valentin Shcheglov
Tomash, worker (as Viktor Shcheglov)
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Arkadi Kislyakov
Lazar Skorokhod
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Ada Vojtsik
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Stanislav Komorovsky
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Mikhail Bolduman
Zygmunt Dombek
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Rostislav Plyatt
Yanek, cabdriver
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Nikolai Orlov
Old weaver
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Viktor Lazarev
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Yelena Anufriyeva
Anna's mother
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Mikhail Romm Director · Yevgeni Gabrilovich Writer Henry Vars Composer
First release September 13, 1943 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Мечта
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Мечта
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · September 13, 1943
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No release date listed for United States.
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