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Tashkent, City of Bread (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1968 · 97 mins · Russian
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Directed by
Shukhrat Abbasov
Starring
Natalya Arinbasarova, Nikolai Timofeyev, Vova Kudenko, Vladimir Vorobey, Bakhtiyar Nabiyev, Vyacheslav Tsaryov

Shot in black‑and‑white and written by Andrei Konchalovsky, a Tarkovsky collaborator, the melodrama follows a young boy who braves a hazardous trek to Tashkent to earn money for his starving family. Filmed on the periphery during a cultural thaw, director Shukhrat Abbasov boldly depicts the poverty and famine caused by the Bolshevik Revolution.

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