Mikhail SHVEITSER
Михаил ШВЕЙЦЕР
Mikhaïl SCHWEITZER
USSR, 1955, 89mn 
Black and white, fiction
Strange Kin
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Чужая родня

 

 La Parenté étrangère

 Chuzhaya rodnya

 
Directed by : Mikhail SHVEITSER (Михаил ШВЕЙЦЕР)
 
Cast
Leonid BYKOV (Леонид БЫКОВ) ...L'instituteur
Nonna MORDYUKOVA (Нонна МОРДЮКОВА)
Nikolay RYBNIKOV (Николай РЫБНИКОВ)
 
Production : Lenfilm
Spectators : 24,9 millions of spectators
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
The tractor driver Fyodor enters the narrow, stuffy little world of the Ryashkin family with its long-time rigid life standards. Having married their handsome daughter Stesha, he wants to bring sounds of modern life into their stagnant world. Encountering resolute opposition of the Ryashkins and Stesha's doubts, Fyodor leaves his wife.
Truly loving her husband and continuing to love her parents, the young woman is faced with the question, what's to be done?
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
 

Commentaries and bibliography
Выбор между любовью и справедливостью Чужая родня — фильм оттепели [Critique du film du Dégel La Parenté étrangère de Mikhail Chveitser], Vitali TROYANOVSKY, Chapaev.media, Kinovedcheskie zapiski N°26, 1995
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023