The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1953 · 82 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Starring

Natalya Medvedeva, Nonna Mordyukova, Inna Makarova, Aleksandra Danilova, Klara Luchko, Margarita Zharova

After fighting in World War II, a seasoned veteran returns to civilian life and to the collective farm he once managed, only to discover that his wife has remarried in his absence. He must confront personal loss and the difficulty of readjusting to peacetime. The story is adapted from Galina Nikolayeva’s novel “The Harvest.”