The Shining Path
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Tanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She becomes a shock labourer and ascends through the Party ranks, ultimately being elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet.
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Cast
19 people
Lyubov Orlova
Tatyana Ivanovna "Tanya" Morozova
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Evgeniy Samoylov
Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
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Yelena Tyapkina
Mariya Sergeyevna Pronina
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Vladimir Volodin
Pyotr Ustinich Taldykin
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Anastasiya Zuyeva
Agrafena, the funny-looking weaver
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Vera Altayskaya
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Nikolai Konovalov
Nikolai Zubkov, factory foreman
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Pavel Olenev
Kurnakov, chief foreman
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Osip Abdulov
Dorokhov, factory director
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Rina Zelyonaya
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Aleksandra Teryokhina
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Nadezhda Vysokovskaya
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Grigori Aleksandrov Director · Viktor Ardov Writer Isaak Dunayevsky Composer
First release October 7, 1940 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Светлый путь
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Светлый путь
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 7, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
June 4, 1948 · Theatrical
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