The Mire (1978)
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Peasant Matryona Bystrova loses her husband at the front, then her eldest son goes missing. Matryona decides to save the youngest son at all costs and shelters him from being drafted into the army in the attic of the house until the end of the war. But it turns out that saving her son, she condemns him to spiritual death, and herself to torment of conscience. A private story about the mother of a deserter grows to epic proportions...
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Grigoriy Chukhray
Writing:
- Viktor Merezhko
- Grigoriy Chukhray
Stars:
Release Date: 1978-10-29
4.7/10
4.7/10
- Country: SU
- Language: Pусский
- Runtime: 122
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villager
Matryona
Stepan
Mitya
Nina
Grishka the postman
Misha
Katya
Kornakov
Kornakova
chairman
priest
Mariya
Tanya
Faina
Petya
villager
old woman
villager
military сommissar
villager
villager
truck driver
Lida
district inspector (uncredited)
Stepan's traveling companion (uncredited)
guest at Tanya's wedding (uncredited)
secretary
Semyonov
сельская жительница
Petya
