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A Big Family (Russian: Большая семья, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel Zhurbiny.
Original Release
11/05/1954
US Release
06/04/1955
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sergei Lukyanov | Matvei Zhurbin / grandfather Matvei |
| Boris Andreyev | Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin / Ilya Matveyevich |
| Vera Kuznetsova | Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina / Agafya Karpovna |
| Aleksey Batalov | Aleksei Zhurbin / Aleksei |
| Sergei Kurilov | Viktor Zhurbin / Viktor |
| Vadim Medvedev | Anton Zhurbin / Anton |
| Boris Bityukov | Kostya Zhurbin / Kostya |
| Iya Arepina | Tanya Zhurbina / Tonya |
| Klara Luchko | Lida Zhurbina / Lida |
| Ekaterina Savinova | Dunyasha Zhurbina / Dunyasha |
Directors
Writers
Sophat Kara-Demur, Vsevolod Kochetov
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Sergei Lukyanov | Matvei Zhurbin / grandfather Matvei |
| Boris Andreyev | Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin / Ilya Matveyevich |
| Vera Kuznetsova | Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina / Agafya Karpovna |
| Aleksey Batalov | Aleksei Zhurbin / Aleksei |
| Sergei Kurilov | Viktor Zhurbin / Viktor |
| Vadim Medvedev | Anton Zhurbin / Anton |
| Boris Bityukov | Kostya Zhurbin / Kostya |
| Iya Arepina | Tanya Zhurbina / Tonya |
| Klara Luchko | Lida Zhurbina / Lida |
| Ekaterina Savinova | Dunyasha Zhurbina / Dunyasha |
| Nikolay Sergeev | Basamov / Basmanov |
| Elena Dobronravova | Katya Travnikova |
| Pavel Kadochnikov | Skobolev / Skobelev |
| Larisa Kronberg | Zina Ivanova |
| Nikolai Gritsenko | Club Manager / head of the club |
| Boris Kokovkin | Shipyard Director / factory director |
| Aleksandr Khlopotov | (as A. Khlopotov) / meeting member |
| Boris Kudryashov | (as B. Kudryashov) / worker Sanya |
| Pyotr Lobanov | (as P. Lobanov) / Kuzmich |
| Ivan Nazarov | (as I. Nazarov) / Mikheyev |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Tamara Samoznayeva | Producer |
