By the Lake (1969)

Director
Sergei Gerasimov

Main cast
Vasiliy Shukshin; Natalya Belokhvostikova; Oleg Zhakov; Vadim Spiridonov; Nikolai Yeryomenko Ml.

Genres
Drama, Romance

Description
Love story starts between engineer and scientist's daughter while both of them are working in a big project built near Baikal lake.


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