Tashkent, City of Bread

Name: Tashkent, City of Bread
Director: Shukhrat Abbasov
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-01-01
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Vladimir Vorobey, Vova Kudenko, Bakhtiyar Nabiyev, Natalya Arinbasarova, Nikolai Timofeyev

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1968 · 97 min · Drama · TMDB 5.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Shukhrat Abbasov

Cast

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