The Waltons

(1972)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 105 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1972

Runtime: 50 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Earl Hamner, Jr.

Cast: Ральф Уэйт, Jon Walmsley, Mary Elizabeth McDonough, David W. Harper, Earl Hamner, Jr., Eric Scott, Kami Cotler, Joe Conley, Judy Norton

Plot

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.

In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its sawmill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the eyes of eldest son John-Boy, who wants to be a novelist, goes to college, and eventually fulfills his dream. The saga follows the family through economic depression and World War II; and through growing up, school, courtship, marriage, employment, birth, aging, illness, and death.