It Happened in Penkovo

It Happened in Penkovo[1] (Russian: Дело было в Пенькове,[2] translit. Delo bylo v Penkove) is a 1958 Soviet film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky. Film based on the novel of Sergey Antonov.

It Happened in Penkovo
Directed byStanislav Rostotsky
Produced byG. Kuperschmidt
Written byStanislav Rostotsky
StarringMaya Menglet
Svetlana Druzhinina
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Music byKirill Molchanov
CinematographyGeorgy Gharibyan
Edited byYevgenia Abdirkina
Production
company
Release date
1958
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

Matvey Morozov on his way home from prison recalls his story:

Matvey, a Soviet collective farm (kolkhoz) tractor-driver, lives in the village of Penkovo. He is a funny guy, but sometimes his jokes bring him trouble. Once he sets up a tug-of-war on tractors, breaks his tractor and nearly escapes criminal charges for that. Matvey is in love with the daughter of the chairman of the collective farm, Larissa, though her father strongly opposes their relationship. But soon Matvey and Larissa get married.

Tonya, a recently graduated livestock specialist, arrives at the farm from Leningrad; she has her roots in the village where her grandfather lives, but she has seen and absorbed new, Soviet life principles and has more education than farm workers. She becomes active in many nationally authorized progressive changes in the life of the villagers, and inspires young people to build a new club. She also boldly wears no head scarf unlike village girls and goes in a suit, not traditional rural dresses.

Matvey falls in love with Tonya, apparently attracted by an educated girl from the city, she loves him too and is struggling to contain and hide her feelings. But when he explains his feelings to her, Tonya says she "would not break his marriage". Meanwhile Larissa becomes terribly jealous. Alevtina, a newsmonger and the owner of local unofficial club, persuades Larissa to poison her rival, but at the last moment Larissa changes her mind and strikes the poisoned cup of tea from Tonya's hands. Larissa tells Matvey about it, and he punishes Alevtina for that: he locks her half-naked in the basement, causing minor injuries. Matvey goes to jail for that.

In the end Matvey joyfully returns home to his wife Larissa and a new-born son.

Cast

Awards

References
  1. It Happened in Penkovo on KinoPoisk
  2. It Happened in Penkovo on kino-teatr.ru
  3. "Дело было в Пенькове". Фильмы. Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13.


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