What Is to Be Done?
1971, Russian. Directed by Pavel Reznikov & Nadezhda Marusalova.
TV adaptation of Nikolai Chernyshevsky's novel about Vera Pavlovna, a woman who escapes the control of her family and arranged marriage to seek economic independence.
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Pavel ReznikovDirector
- Nadezhda MarusalovaDirector
- Aleksandr Lazarevавтор
- Yola Sankoчитательница
- Leonid Bronevoyчитатель
- Galina YatskinaВера Павловна
- Nikolai Volkov Jr.Лопухов
- Sergei DesnitskyКирсанов
- Antonina DmitrievaМария Алексеевна
- Lev DurovРозальский
- Svetlana NemolyaevaЖюли
- Valentin SmirnitskiyСторешников
- Lyudmila Gurchenkoженщина в чёрном
- Vyacheslav ZholobovРахметов
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1971
- Original title
- Что делать?
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Isai Kuznetsov
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What Is to Be Done? runs 156 minutes (2h 36m).
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What Is to Be Done? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1971. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed What Is to Be Done??
What Is to Be Done? (1971) was directed by Pavel Reznikov and Nadezhda Marusalova and stars Aleksandr Lazarev, Yola Sanko, Leonid Bronevoy.