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Root of Life
Root of Life

Root of Life

Genres

Drama

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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...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Romanian

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

01 September 1978

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Vladimir Ivashov

Vladimir Ivashov

Andrei Barbu

Klara Luchko

Klara Luchko

Aleksandra Tinke

Vyacheslav Shalevich

Vyacheslav Shalevich

Ivan Zhosu

Mihai Volontir

Mihai Volontir

Lukyan Batyr (Kolkhoz Chairman)

Natalya Rychagova

Natalya Rychagova

Nastya

Mikhail Milikov

Mikhail Milikov

Vasile

Svetlana Toma

Svetlana Toma

Greta

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Svetlana Svetlichnaya

Sabina

Olga Ilyna

Olga Ilyna

Semenchuk

Victor Soțchi-Voinicescu

Victor Soțchi-Voinicescu

Dan

Yuri Kuzmenko

Yuri Kuzmenko

Savva Vyblov

Boris Mironyuk

Boris Mironyuk

Fronya

Konstantin Konstantinov

Konstantin Konstantinov

Filimon

Sergey Sukonkin

Sergey Sukonkin

Matyupatenko

Victor Ciutac

Victor Ciutac

Turkan (Head of Construction Train at Bama)

Vladimir Koretsky

Vladimir Koretsky

Kolkhoz Chairman

Afanasiy Trishkin

Afanasiy Trishkin

Ion Zakhariya

Lyudmila Kolokhina

Lyudmila Kolokhina

Bit-Part

Antonina Bushkova

Antonina Bushkova

Kolkhoz Worker

Alexey Sysoev

Alexey Sysoev

Bit-Part

Pavel Iaţcovschi

Pavel Iaţcovschi

Bit-Part

Svetlana Mogilyova

Svetlana Mogilyova

Bit-Part

Vera Karpova

Vera Karpova

Bit-Part

Aleksandra Kozhevnikova

Aleksandra Kozhevnikova

Bit-Part

Boris Chunaev

Boris Chunaev

Kolkhoz Chairman

Vladimir Shiryaev

Vladimir Shiryaev

Conference Attendee

Igor Chirkov

Igor Chirkov

Matyupatenko (pioneer)

Tanya Glebova

Tanya Glebova

Matyupatenko (pioneer)

Natalya Ryabchikova

Natalya Ryabchikova

S. Boldyrev

S. Boldyrev

Sergey Bazatin

I. Tretyakov

I. Tretyakov

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