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Tashkent, City of Bread (1968)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : Shukhrat Abbasov
Writer : Andrei Konchalovsky

Synopsis

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

Actors

Vladimir Vorobey
Vladimir Vorobey
Mizha
Vova Kudenko
Vova Kudenko
Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Rakhim
Natalya Arinbasarova
Natalya Arinbasarova
Saule
Nikolai Timofeyev
Nikolai Timofeyev
Dunajev

Crews

Shukhrat Abbasov
Shukhrat Abbasov
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Konchalovsky
Screenplay
Albert Makhalov
Albert Makhalov
Music
Emonuel Kalantarov
Emonuel Kalantarov
Production Design
Khatam Faiziyev
Khatam Faiziyev
Director of Photography

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