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A Big Family

Original title: Bolshaya semya
  • 1954
  • 1h 48m
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7.2/10
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A Big Family (1954)
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An epic of the Zhurbin family of shipbuilders, spanning several generations.An epic of the Zhurbin family of shipbuilders, spanning several generations.An epic of the Zhurbin family of shipbuilders, spanning several generations.

  • Director
    • Iosif Kheifits
  • Writers
    • Sophat Kara-Demur
    • Vsevolod Kochetov
  • Stars
    • Sergei Lukyanov
    • Boris Andreyev
    • Vera Kuznetsova
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    277
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    • Director
      • Iosif Kheifits
    • Writers
      • Sophat Kara-Demur
      • Vsevolod Kochetov
    • Stars
      • Sergei Lukyanov
      • Boris Andreyev
      • Vera Kuznetsova
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Sergei Lukyanov
    Sergei Lukyanov
    • Matvei Zhurbin
    Boris Andreyev
    Boris Andreyev
    • Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin
    Vera Kuznetsova
    Vera Kuznetsova
    • Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina
    Aleksey Batalov
    Aleksey Batalov
    • Aleksei Zhurbin
    Sergei Kurilov
    Sergei Kurilov
    • Viktor Zhurbin
    Vadim Medvedev
    Vadim Medvedev
    • Anton Zhurbin
    Boris Bityukov
    Boris Bityukov
    • Kostya Zhurbin
    Iya Arepina
    Iya Arepina
    • Tanya Zhurbina
    Klara Luchko
    Klara Luchko
    • Lida Zhurbina
    Ekaterina Savinova
    Ekaterina Savinova
    • Dunyasha Zhurbina
    Nikolay Sergeev
    Nikolay Sergeev
    • Basamov
    Elena Dobronravova
    Elena Dobronravova
    • Katya Travnikova
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    Pavel Kadochnikov
    • Skobolev
    Larisa Kronberg
    Larisa Kronberg
    • Zina Ivanova
    Nikolai Gritsenko
    Nikolai Gritsenko
    • Club Manager
    Boris Kokovkin
    Boris Kokovkin
    • Shipyard Director
    Aleksandr Khlopotov
      Boris Kudryashov
        • Director
          • Iosif Kheifits
        • Writers
          • Sophat Kara-Demur
          • Vsevolod Kochetov
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        • Trivia
          The first film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival where the whole cast was awarded Best Actor and Best Actress (16 actors of the ensemble) though the Best Actor award was shared with Spencer Tracy for Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). The other film to achieve a similar feat was Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) but this time the acting award on both categories was shared with Murray Melvin and Rita Tushingham both for A Taste of Honey (1961).
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          Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Alexey Batalov

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        • Release date
          • June 4, 1955 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • Soviet Union
        • Language
          • Russian
        • Also known as
          • Den stora familjen
        • Filming locations
          • Lenfilm Studios, Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, Petrogradsky District, St. Petersburg, Russia(Studio)
        • Production company
          • Lenfilm Studio
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 48 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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