The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953)
1h 22m
Running Time
April 1, 1953Release Date
The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953)
1h 22m
Running Time
April 1, 1953Release Date
Plot.
Originally titled Vozvrachenia Vassilya Bortnikov, Vassili's Return was the last directorial effort by the great V.I. Pudovkin, who died in June of 1953. Like many of Pudovkin's later works, the film was diluted by interference from communist party officials; what remains, however, is well worth having, if miles removed from the brilliance of his earlier Mother, End of St. Petersburg and Storm over Asia. Based on a novel by G. Nikolayeva, the story centers upon a Russian named Vassili (Serge Lukynaov), who leaves his wife to do battle against the Germans in WW II. When Vassili is reported to have been killed in battle, his wife Avodtya (Natalya Medvedeva) marries another man. Per the film's title, Vassili returns, only to find his wife ostensibly out of his reach. Vassili and his former spouse eventually reunite as friends if not lovers, working side by side on a state-approved collective farm.
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Cast & Crew.
Sergei Lukyanov
Vasiliy Bortnikov
Natalya Medvedeva
Avdotya Bortnikova
Nikolai Timofeyev
Stepan Mokhov
Anatoli Chemodurov
Boris Chekanov
Inna Makarova
Froska Blinova
Anatoliy Ignatyev
Pavel
Vsevolod Sanayev
Kantaurov
Klara Luchko
Natalya Dubko
Galina Stepanova
Tatyana Bolshakova
Andrei Petrov
Vitya
Nonna Mordyukova
Nastya Ogorodnikova
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Director
Mariya Yarotskaya
Vasili's grandmother
Yevgeni Gabrilovich
Writer
Nikolai Shamin
Kuzma Vasilievich
Galina Nikolayeva
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 1, 1953
Original NameВозвращение Василия Бортникова
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Genres
Wiki.
The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (Russian: Возвращение Василия Бортникова, Vozvrashshyeniye Vasiliya Bortnikova) is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin based on the novel The Harvest by Galina Nikolayeva.
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