145 minutes
11/29/1976
The mayor of a village sees her son killed in a gun accident. A successful, dedicated bureuacrat, she must reconcile her desire to build a bridge - and the new housing that will come with it - with the reality of resistance from the townspeople and her own grief.
Inna Churikova
as Elizaveta Uvarova
Nikolai Gubenko
as Sergei Uvarov
Leonid Bronevoy
as Пётр Васильевич Алтухов, бывший председатель горисполкома
Vasiliy Shukshin
as Фёдор, местный драматург
Ernst Romanov
as доцент Козлов
Yury Shepelev
as uncle
Vitaliy Zhabovskiy
as Yura Uvarov
Valentina Kovel
as Tatyana
Vadim Medvedev
as Vladimir Vikentievich
Nikolai Sergeyev
as Stepan Trofimovich
Ivan Selianin
as old Bolshevik
Sergey Zhukovich
as Fyodor
Nikolai Penkov
as Volkov
Vladimir Kazarinov
as Grisha
Konstantin Tyagunov
as Ivan
Aleksandr Susnin
as foreman
Baadur Tsuladze
as wedding guest
Marina Yurasova
as wedding guest