Varvara's Day

1983 1h 5m RU

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Varvara and Pavel Zhdanov did not live long together. The war broke out and Pavel went to the front, and a hard, exhausting job at a metallurgical plant fell on the shoulders of a young woman...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Natalia Brazhnikova
Viktor Mikhailov
Gennadiy Voronin
Galina Makarova
Olga Osipova
Natalya Chetverikova
Fyodor Odinokov
Aleksandr Demyanenko

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anatoli Dubinkin
Writers: Irina Velembovskaya
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anatoli Dubinkin, shot by Vladimir Kovzel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Natalia Brazhnikova and Viktor Mikhailov and Gennadiy Voronin carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0174319 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anatoli Dubinkin directs. Vladimir Kovzel behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Anatoli Dubinkin, shot by Vladimir Kovzel. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Natalia Brazhnikova and Viktor Mikhailov and Gennadiy Voronin carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0174319 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.