Storyline
Leonid Pleshcheyev returned from the war blind. Against his will, he became a dependent. He drowns his grief in unrestrained drunkenness, thereby tormenting his wife Mariya and his teenage son Lyonka. Mariya finally decides to take her son and leave for Altai, but the boy runs away and returns to his father. So, together, they eke out a half-miserable existence until Grigoriy Shalagin, Pleshcheyev's longtime friend, returns from the army. It is he who awakens in Leonid the extinct self-esteem and pride of a soldier. Pity aside, he helps him get back to work.
Cast & Crew
Oleg Borisov
Leonid Pleshcheyev
Lead
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Mariya
Nikolai Simonov
Sotnikov
Tatyana Doronina
Polina
Viktor Avdyushko
Shalagin
Yelena Dobronravova
Frosya Mekhotneva
Lyubov Sokolova
Kapustina
Viktor Chekmaryov
Moshkin
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vladimir Vengerov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. The Worker's Settlement is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
