The Red Snowball Tree (1974)
Original title: Калина красная
The Red Snowball Tree is a 1974 Russian-language drama movie directed by Vasiliy Shukshin. It stars Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Vasiliy Shukshin and Ivan Ryzhov.
A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
Quick answers
What is The Red Snowball Tree about?
A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
When was The Red Snowball Tree released?
The Red Snowball Tree was released on 25 March 1974.
Who made The Red Snowball Tree?
The Red Snowball Tree was directed by Vasiliy Shukshin.
Cast
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Lyuba
- Vasiliy Shukshin as Egor Proskudin
- Ivan Ryzhov as Lyuba's father
- Mariya Skvortsova as Lyuba's mother
- Aleksey Vanin as Pyotr
- Mariya Vinogradova as Zoya
- Efimiya Bystrova as Egor's mother
- Zhanna Prokhorenko as investigator
- Lev Durov as waiter
- Aleksandr Gorbenko as Kolya
- Nikolay Grabbe as prison warden
- Nikolay Pogodin as sovkhoz director