The Russian Forest
(1964)
★ 7 IMDb · 2 votes
Year: 1964
Runtime: 172 мин
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Владимир Петров
Cast: Борис Толмазов, Руфина Нифонтова, Нина Дробышева, Николай Гриценко, Мария Пастухова, Елена Фадеева, Аркадий Аркадьев, Сергей Калинин, Юрий Яковлев, Иван Дмитриев
Plot
Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past.