Comedy ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1940 · 1h 36m

The Shining Path

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Director
Grigori Aleksandrov
Cast
Lyubov Orlova as Tatyana Ivanovna "Tanya" Morozova Evgeniy Samoylov as Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev Yelena Tyapkina as Mariya Sergeyevna Pronina Vladimir Volodin as Pyotr Ustinich Taldykin Anastasiya Zuyeva as Agrafena, the funny-looking weaver Vera Altayskaya as Klava
Crew
Boris Petrov — Director of Photography Yeva Ladyzhenskaya — Editor Isaak Dunayevsky — Original Music Composer Viktor Ardov — Writer B. Chizhov — Producer Boris Knoblok — Production Design
Synopsis

Tanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She becomes a shock labourer and ascends through the Party ranks, ultimately being elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet.

Key Collaborators
Grigori Aleksandrov Director Boris Petrov Director of Photography Yeva Ladyzhenskaya Editor Isaak Dunayevsky Original Music Composer Viktor Ardov Writer B. Chizhov Producer Boris Knoblok Production Design Vasiliy Rakhals Production Design
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