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The Red Snowball Tree

1974Vasiliy Shukshin

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A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.

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MotherRedemptionLoveRussian VillageFormer ThiefCriminals

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What is The Red Snowball Tree (1974) about?

A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.

Who stars in The Red Snowball Tree?

The Red Snowball Tree stars Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina (Lyuba), Vasiliy Shukshin (Egor Proskudin), Ivan Ryzhov (Lyuba's father), Mariya Skvortsova (Lyuba's mother), Aleksey Vanin (Pyotr). The film was directed by Vasiliy Shukshin.

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