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The Russian Forest

The Russian Forest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 9, 1964

Runtime

2h 42m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

60%

Original Title

Русский лес

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Director

Vladimir Petrov

Description

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...