Cast
Vladimir Solovyov
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
Grigori Belov
Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin
Nikolai Shamin
Terentiy
Fyodor Grigoryev
Kartashov
Mikhail Zharov
Khrenov
Konstantin Nassonov
father Khristofor
Aleksei Zhiltsov
Bykov
Ivan Nazarov
postman
Viktor Khokhryakov
Ryabov
Dmitriy Dubov
Sinitsyn
Gennadi Pechnikov
Lesnitskiy
Vyacheslav Isayev
Mayer
Sergei Tsenin
Wallace Beard
Yuri Lyubimov
translator
Ivan Kashirin
peasant
Sergey Bondarchuk
selectionist (uncredited)
Aleksandr Smirnov
selectionist (uncredited)
Viktor Klyucharyov
professor Kigunov (uncredited)
Pavel Gaideburov
Pashkevich (uncredited)
Yevgeniya Khovanskaya
Pashkevch's wife (uncredited)
Aleksey Konsovskiy
Pashkevich's guest (uncredited)
Klara Luchko
Pashkevich's guest (uncredited)
Anatoliy Larionov
Michurin in his youth (uncredited)
Yevgeny Gurov
Bykov's guest (uncredited)
Natalya Sadovskaya
Michurina in her youth (uncredited)
Pyotr Savin
member of the revkom (uncredited)
Nikolai Khryashchikov
member of the revkom (uncredited)
Anatoliy Zhukov
Shurusha (uncredited)
Sergei Antimonov
official (uncredited)
Mikhail Grodskiy
professor (uncredited)
Viktor Matisen
professor (uncredited)
Aleksandr Pelevin
first scientist (uncredited)
Nikolai Neronov
second scientist (uncredited)
Leonid Knyazev
worker (uncredited)
Pavel Vinnik
Kartashov's student (uncredited)
Svetlana Bogolyubova
Natasha (uncredited)
Anatoliy Solovyov
student (uncredited)
Aleksey Bakhar
division commander (uncredited)
Nikolay Lebedev
professor (uncredited)
Andrei Petrov
Meshkov (uncredited)
Vsevolod Semyonov
secretary (uncredited)
Valerian Kazanskiy
guest (uncredited)
Natalia Sadovskaya
Alexandra Michurina in young age (uncredited)
Oleksandra Vasylieva
Aleksandra Vasilyevna Michurina
Crew
Art
Gennady Myasnikov
Production Design
Mikhail Karyakin
Set Decoration
Mikhail Bogdanov
Production Design
Camera
Vladimir Nikolayev
Camera Operator
Leonid Kosmatov
Director of Photography
M. Ilyin
Assistant Camera
Aleksandr Simonov
Assistant Camera
A. Kudryavtsev
Camera Operator
Yuli Kun
Director of Photography
A. Kulyasov
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up
Konstantin Urbetis
Costume Design
Mariya Zhukova
Costume Design
Nikolay Pechentsov
Makeup Artist
Directing
Ivan Dolzhikov
First Assistant Director
M. Kucherenko
Second Assistant Director
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Director
Georgi Natanson
Second Assistant Director
Yuliya Solntseva
Assistant Director
Editing
Mariya Timofeyeva
Editor
Production
Gleb Kuznetsov
Executive Producer
Sound
Ivan Evteyev-Volskiy
Sound
Nikolai Timartsev
Sound Director
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
Arnold Roytman
Conductor
Visual Effects
A. Kudryavtsev
Visual Effects Camera
Writing
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Writer