
Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.
StatusReleased
Original LanguageRussian
Original titleТашкент - город хлебный
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Vladimir Vorobey
Mizha
Vova Kudenko
Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Rakhim

Наталия Аринбасарова
Saule

Николай Тимофеев
Dunajev

Валентина Талызина
Dodonova, Misha's Mother

Александр Суснин
Stepan Dranov

Раиса Куркина
Nurse

Виктор Колпаков
Crippled Soldier

Евгений Гуров
Old Man

Vahob Abdullaev
Policeman

Гани Агзамов
Yura Buchiyev
Misha's Brother

Станислав Чекан
Trader

Александра Денисова
Granny

Nurkhon Ishmukhamedov
Worker

Любовь Калюжная
Trader

Джавлон Хамраев
Worker

Иван Косых
Orderly

Виктор Косых
Crook

Khikmat Latypov
Bey

Владимир Липпарт
Semyon

Анатолий Никитин
Red Army Soldier
Misha Paramono
Misha's Brother

Валентин Печников
Train Conductor
Зоя Рупасова
Young Woman
M. Shayusupov

Василий Щелоков
Trader

Георгий Светлани
Trader
Вячеслав Царёв
Crook
Михаил Воробьёв
Head of Mail Car

Николай Юдин
Crazy Old Man