Member of the Government

1939 film

Member of the Government (Russian: Член правительства, romanized: Chlen pravitelstva) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Plot

Aleksandra Sokolova, the wife of a peasant and a former farm laborer who becomes a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, overcoming collectivization problems and difficulties in her personal life.

Starring

• Vera Maretskaya as Aleksandra Grigoryevna Sokolova
• Vasili Vanin as Yefim Yefimovich Sokolov
• Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikita Sokolov, blond brother-in-law
• Ivan Nazarov as Fedot Petrovich Krivosheyev
• Valentina Telegina as Panya, fat woman
• Boris Blinov as The District Party Secretary
• Vasili Merkuryev as Party Undersecretary Stashkov
• Aleksey Konsovsky as Petka, teen groom
• Aleksandra Matveeva as Duska, teen bride
• Konstantin Sorokin as Kuzma, beefy kolkhoz rowdy
• Yelizaveta Uvarova as Duska's mother
• Aleksandr Melnikov as Escort (uncredited)^[6]

Awards and nominations

• New York Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (nom)

References

1. Андрей Привалихин. И приснились мне женщины
2. Что делать с советско-российской многозначностью?
3. Лучшие фильмы этих выходных: что смотреть в кино и онлайн
4. Газета «Правда». Где ты, золотой век отечественного кино?
5. Биография Иосифа Хейфица
6. Член правительства (1940) Full Cast & Crew

External links

• Member of the Government at IMDb