The Burdened Grain

(1969)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1969

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Владимир Денисенко

Cast: Лаймонас Норейка, Наталия Наум, Ада Роговцева, Галина Долгозвяга, Николай Козленко, Нина Реус, Константин Степанков мл., Даниил Ильченко, Виктор Мирошниченко, Галина Нехаевская

Plot

The protagonists of the film meet at the Republican Agricultural Exhibition of Advanced Practices in Kyiv. Among them is Pavel Zarechny, a talented plant breeder, passionately devoted to his work, and Timofey Khizhnyak, the director of a scientific testing station, for whom personal gain is the ultimate goal in life. Also present are Dasha, Zarechny’s lab assistant, who becomes his love, and Dyachenko, a fellow scientist whose envy of Pavel’s success leads him to forget about decency and honor...