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Cast
Amvrosii Buchma
as Taras Yatsenko
Venyamin Zuskin
as Aron Davidovich
Lidia Kartashova
as Euphrosyne
Daniil Sagal
as Stepan
Yevgeni Ponomarenko
as Andrey
Mikhail Troyanovsky
as Nazar Ivanovich Omelchenko
Kateryna Osmialovska
as Valya
Mykhailo Vysotskyi
as German engineer
Sergei Troitsky
as Policeman (uncredited)
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi
as Maxim
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1945
Runtime1h 22m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresWar, Drama
Votes7
DirectorMark Donskoy
WritersMark Donskoy, Boris Gorbatov
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Taras Family
About The Taras Family
A semi-sequel to Donskoi's Raduga (1944), the story is set in Nazi-occupied Kyiv. The drama focusses on the travails of a typical Soviet family and on the efforts by the Germans to force the reopening of a local munitions factory.
Directed by Mark Donskoy, The Taras Family leans on a strong ensemble — Amvrosii Buchma, Venyamin Zuskin, Lidia Kartashova — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1945.
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