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Getting to Know the Big Wide World

5.319801h 19mMovieDrama

On a rough and tumble construction site for a new factory, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections.

DirectorKira Muratova
WritersKira Muratova·Grigori Baklanov

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KlassikiKlassiki
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Cast · Directed by Kira Muratova

NRNina Ruslanova
Nina Ruslanova
Lyuba
SP
Sergei Popov
Mikhail
AZAleksei Zharkov
Aleksei Zharkov
Nikolay
NLNatalya Leble
Natalya Leble
Galya
OMOlga Malakhova
Olga Malakhova
bride at the opening of ZAGS
LS
Lena Shelgunova
Natasha
NS
Natasha Shelgunova
Vera
LGLyudmila Gurchenko
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Unknown Woman
VPVladimir Pozhidayev
Vladimir Pozhidayev
VAViktor Aristov
Viktor Aristov

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