On the surface, everything appears respectable in the Vanyushin family; life flows as it does in any merchant household. But a deep, insurmountable chasm separates the parents from their children—and just as wide a gulf lies between the children themselves. A candid conversation with the youngest son, Alyosha, forces Vanyushin to face the truth…
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Nina Zorskaya
Арина Ивановна Ванюшина
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Boris Andreyev
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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Lyudmila Gurchenko
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Viktor Pavlov
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Valentina Sharykina
Людмила Красавина
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Valentina Serova
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Tamara Sovchi
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Yelena Solovey
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Aleksandr Voevodin
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Yevgeni Tashkov Director · Sergey Naydyonov Author Valentin Zheleznyakov Cinematographer
First release February 11, 1974 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Дети Ванюшина
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Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Original title
Дети Ванюшина
Original language
Russian
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Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 11, 1974
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No release date listed for United States.
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