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RUNTIME
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At 180 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
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The Forest
1975 3h 0m RU
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7.0
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★7.0TMDB · 1
DramaComedy
Synopsis
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Raisa Gurmyzhskaya is a former beauty who is spending her widowed years in a remote province of Russia. After her friend's young son comes to visit her, she finds herself bored enough to embark on an affair.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Tatyana Yeremeyeva
Gurmyzhskaya
Valeri Babyatinsky
Bulanov
Vladimir Golovin
Karp
Igor Ilyinsky
Schastlivtsev
Lyudmila Pirogova
Aksyusha
Nikolai Ryzhov
Milonov
Gennadiy Sergeev
Vosmibratov
Sofya Fadeyeva
Ulita
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Igor Ilyinsky
- Languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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The take
Igor Ilyinsky directs. Georgi Rerberg behind the camera. A long sit — settle in. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1At 180 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
- 251 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Igor Ilyinsky, shot by Georgi Rerberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Tatyana Yeremeyeva and Valeri Babyatinsky and Vladimir Golovin carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt6150100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Georgi Rerberg
- Runtime
- 180 min · 3h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- RU
Also by
Igor Ilyinsky
Key crew
- MusicGrigori Frid
- Theatre PlayAlexander Ostrovsky
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1975-10-05
