Root of Life
Genres
Overview
Fascinated by the idea of creating an industrial inter-collective farm garden, scientist Andrei Barbu interrupts his work at the institute and moves to the district...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
1978-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Romanian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Vladimir Ivashov
Andrei Barbu
Klara Luchko
Aleksandra Tinke
Vyacheslav Shalevich
Ivan Zhosu
Mihai Volontir
Lukyan Batyr (Kolkhoz Chairman)
Natalya Rychagova
Nastya
Mikhail Milikov
Vasile
Svetlana Toma
Greta
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Sabina
Olga Ilyna
Semenchuk
Victor Soțchi-Voinicescu
Dan
Yuri Kuzmenko
Savva Vyblov
Boris Mironyuk
Fronya
Konstantin Konstantinov
Filimon
Sergey Sukonkin
Matyupatenko
Victor Ciutac
Turkan (Head of Construction Train at Bama)
Vladimir Koretsky
Kolkhoz Chairman
Afanasiy Trishkin
Ion Zakhariya
Lyudmila Kolokhina
Bit-Part
Antonina Bushkova
Kolkhoz Worker
Alexey Sysoev
Bit-Part
Pavel Iaţcovschi
Bit-Part
Svetlana Mogilyova
Bit-Part
Vera Karpova
Bit-Part
Aleksandra Kozhevnikova
Bit-Part
Boris Chunaev
Kolkhoz Chairman
Vladimir Shiryaev
Conference Attendee
Igor Chirkov
Matyupatenko (pioneer)
Tanya Glebova
Matyupatenko (pioneer)
Natalya Ryabchikova
S. Boldyrev
Sergey Bazatin
I. Tretyakov
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