The Russian Forest - 1964

Based on the novel of the same name by Leonid Leonov. Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past...

162min
1964
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.8/10

Cast

Rufina Nifontova profile pictureRufina NifontovaYelena Ivanovna
Nikolai Gritsenko profile pictureNikolai GritsenkoGratsianskiy
Yelena Fadeyeva profile pictureYelena FadeyevaNatalya Sergeyevna
Semyon Bardin profile pictureSemyon BardinZolotukhin
Elena Ponsova profile pictureElena PonsovaGratsianskiy's mother
Vasili Makarov profile pictureVasili Makarovpolitical commissar
Yevgeni Shutov profile pictureYevgeni ShutovGrigoriy (uncredited)

About The Russian Forest

The Russian Forest Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Leonid Leonov. Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past...

Runtime: 162min

Extra details

Original Title: Русский лес
Original Language: Russian
Directed By: Vladimir Petrov
Production Companies
Mosfilm