Not by Bread Alone

Not by Bread Alone (2005)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2005-11-24
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Language: Pусский
  • Production Company: Mosfilm
  • Production Country: Russia
  • Director: Stanislav Govorukhin
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Summary

During the post-WW2 reconstruction in Russia, bald-headed technocrat Drozhdov equates communism with the empowerment of the ordinary man over the arrogant "specialness" of genius. Dedicated scientist Lopatkin takes refuge in Moscow with the potty, brilliant old inventor Busko. Lopatkin works tirelessly on his invention, embarking on a roller-coaster of rejection and acceptance, his work vilified, plucked apart and plagiarized by colleagues, particularly by his nemesis Drozhdov. Drozhdov's wife Natasha, alienated from her cold, controlling husband, is increasingly drawn to Lopatkin, whom she knew when they both taught at the same school. Soon she runs away from her husband and happily keeps house for the two absent-minded ex-professors Lopatkin and Busko. Natasha is ready to give Lopatkin her own life, love and faith. Lopatkin is eager to sacrifice his life for the idea, doing the utmost for his motherland.

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  • Svetlana Khodchenkova

    as Nadezhda Drozdova
  • Aleksey Petrenko

    as Professor Busko
  • Mikhail Eliseev

    as Lopatkin
  • Viktor Sukhorukov

    as Drozdov
  • Valentina Berezutskaya

    as Lukeria Pavlovna
  • Varvara Shulyatyeva

    as maid Shura
  • Alexander Rosenbaum

    as
  • Evgeniy Grishkovec

    as
  • Vladimir Semago

    as Tupikin
  • Viktor Bortsov

    as Petr Sianov
  • Yuliya Aug

    as Titova
  • Mikhail Solodko

    as
  • Stanislav Govorukhin

    as Министр
  • Dmitriy Shevchenko

    as
  • Ivan Agapov

    as Shutikov
  • Oksana Dorokhina

    as
Directing Stanislav Govorukhin Director
Production Ekaterina Maskina Producer
Writing Vladimir Valutskiy Screenplay
Camera Yury Klimenko Director of Photography
Writing Vladimir Dudincev Novel

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