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Ivan

Іван

1932·102 min·SU
Director: Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Drama

A young farmer Ivan and his lazy father Stepan try to help with the construction of the Dniprohes, but he learns that strength is not enough for a worker and joins the Communist party.

A young farmer Ivan and his lazy father Stepan try to help with the construction of the Dniprohes, but he learns that strength is not enough for a worker and joins the Communist party.

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Cast

K

Konstantin Bondarevsky

young Ivan

D

Dmytro Holubynskyi

Secretary

E

Elena Golki

mother of killed worker

M

Mikhail Gornatko

A

Aleksandr Zapolski

Supervisor

P

Petro Masokha

Ivan Guba

Mykola Nademskyi

Mykola Nademskyi

Terentiy Yura

Terentiy Yura

Philistine foreman

P

Peter Pastushkov

Stepan Shahaida

Stepan Shahaida

Stepan Vasyliovych, the foreman

Stepan Shkurat

Stepan Shkurat

Stepan Iosovich Guba, the idler

A

Avgust Avgustovich Shults

P

Pavlo Ivanovich Orov

M

Mikola Grigorovich

Ttetiakov

A

Avgust Avgustovich

Shults

Crew

Igor Belza

composer

Yuri Yekelchik

cinematographer

Yuli Meitus

composer

Danylo Demutsky

cinematographer

Boris Lyatoshinskiy

composer

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