When the Trees Were High
7.6
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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Cast
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Inna Gulaya
Natasha
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Yuriy Nikulin
Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
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Leonid Kuravlyov
Lenka
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Viy
Brigada
Vasiliy Shukshin
Chairman of the Kolkhoz
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Lyudmila Chursina
Zoya
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Viktor Pavlov
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Brigada
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Yekaterina Mazurova
Anastasiya Borisovna
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Welcome, or No Trespassing
Yelena Korolyova
Nyurka
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Yevgeniya Melnikova
Known for
The Diamond Arm
Fate of a Man
Arkadi Trusov
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Striped Trip
Wings
Pavel Shalnov
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Georgi Shapovalov
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Lev Kulidzhanov Director · Nikolai Figurovsky Writer Leonid Afanasyev Composer
United States release February 20, 1965 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Когда деревья были большими
Production
Gorky Film Studios
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Когда деревья были большими
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 25, 1961
Limited theatrical
United States · February 20, 1965
Theatrical
Finland
August 19, 1962 · Theatrical
France
May 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Russia
March 25, 1962 · Theatrical
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