The Chairman (1964 film)

The Chairman
Directed by	Aleksei Saltykov
Written by	Yuri Nagibin
Starring	Mikhail Ulyanov Ivan Lapikov Nonna Mordyukova Vyacheslav Nevinnyy Valentina Vladimirova
Cinematography
Music by
Production company	Mosfilm
Distributed by
Release date	December 28, 1964 (1964-12-28)
Running time	166 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Chairman (Russian: Председатель, romanized: Predsedatel) is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Saltykov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Ivan Lapikov. This film was honored with a Second Prize at All-Union Film Festival in Kiev (1966).^[1]

Plot[]

After World War II ends, soldier Yegor Trubnikov comes back to his native village to restore the ruined collective farm facilities. Rebuilding the kolkhoz is as hard for him as fighting the war. Becoming chairman, he charges himself with the burden of responsibility not only for the collective farm business, but also for the destiny of the people who are so close to him.

Trivia[]

The film (quite unusually for a Soviet movie) contains performance of a Christian religious hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee (at 32nd minute).

Cast[]

• Mikhail Ulyanov as Yegor Trubnikov
• Ivan Lapikov as Semyon Trubnikov
• Nonna Mordyukova as Donya Trubnikova
• Vyacheslav Nevinny as Pavel Markushev
• Valentina Vladimirova as Polina Korshikova
• Kira Golovko as Nadya
• as Ignat Zakharovich
• Vladimir Gulyaev as Ramenkov, District Party Instructor
• as Praskovya
• as Shiryaev, Blacksmith
• as Alyoshka Trubnikov
• as Liza
• as Klyagin, First Secretary of the District Party Committee
• as Boris
• Vladimir Etush as Colonel Kaloyev
• as Kochetkov
• as Serdyukov
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Misha
• as Motya Postnikova
• Varvara Popova as Samokhina
• Vitali Solomin as Valyozhin, Physician

References[]

External links[]

• The Chairman at IMDb
• The Chairman. Kino-teatr.ru (in Russian)

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