Member of the Government

Member of the Government (Russian: Член правительства, romanized: Chlen pravitelstva) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi.[1][2][3][4][5]

Member of the Government
Russian: Член правительства
Directed by
Produced by
Written byEkaterina Vinogradskaya
Starring
Music byNikolai Timofeyev
CinematographyAleksandr Gintsburg
Edited byYe. Bazhenova
Production
company
Release date
1939
Running time
106 min.
Country Soviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Aleksandra Sokolova, the wife of a peasant and a former farm laborer who becomes a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, overcoming collectivization problems and difficulties in her personal life.

Starring

  • Vera Maretskaya as Aleksandra Grigoryevna Sokolova
  • Vasili Vanin as Yefim Yefimovich Sokolov
  • Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikita Sokolov, blond brother-in-law
  • Ivan Nazarov as Fedot Petrovich Krivosheyev
  • Valentina Telegina as Panya, fat woman
  • Boris Blinov as The District Party Secretary
  • Vasili Merkuryev as Party Undersecretary Stashkov
  • Aleksey Konsovsky as Petka, teen groom
  • Aleksandra Matveeva as Duska, teen bride
  • Konstantin Sorokin as Kuzma, beefy kolkhoz rowdy
  • Yelizaveta Uvarova as Duska's mother
  • Aleksandr Melnikov as Escort (uncredited)[6]

Awards and nominations

  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (nom)

References


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