
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.
Mizha
Seryozha
Rakhim
Saule

Dunajev

Dodonova, Misha's Mother

Stepan Dranov

Nurse

Crippled Soldier

Old Man

Policeman

Unknown Role

Misha's Brother
Trader

Granny

Worker

Trader

Worker

Orderly

Crook

Bey

Semyon

Red Army Soldier

Misha's Brother
Train Conductor

Young Woman
Unknown Role
Trader

Trader

Crook
Head of Mail Car
Crazy Old Man
