Tashkent, City of Bread

IMDb 2.0 1968 โ€ข 97 min โ€ข Drama

Director

Shukhrat Abbasov

Country

SU

Plot Summary

Beautifully shot in black and white, and scripted by Tarkovsky's collaborator Andrei Konchalovsky, this powerful melodrama tells the story of a young boy who undertakes the perilous journey to Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, to earn some money for his hungry family. Filming in the periphery of the Soviet Union, in a time of relative political relaxation, director Shukhrat Abbasov actually dared to depict the poverty and famine that resulted from the Bolshevik Revolution.

Top Cast

Vladimir Vorobey
Vladimir Vorobey Mizha
Vova Kudenko
Vova Kudenko Seryozha
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev
Bakhtiyar Nabiyev Rakhim
Natalya Arinbasarova
Natalya Arinbasarova Saule
Nikolai Timofeyev
Nikolai Timofeyev Dunajev