Root of Life
1978, RO. Directed by Nikolai Gibu.
Fascinated by the idea of creating an industrial inter-collective farm garden, scientist Andrei Barbu interrupts his work at the institute and moves to the district...
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- RO
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Cast & crew
- Nikolai GibuDirector
- Vladimir IvashovAndrei Barbu
- Klara LuchkoAleksandra Tinke
- Vyacheslav ShalevichIvan Zhosu
- Mihai VolontirLukyan Batyr (Kolkhoz Chairman)
- Natalya RychagovaNastya
- Mikhail MilikovVasile
- Svetlana TomaGreta
- Svetlana SvetlichnayaSabina
- Olga IlynaSemenchuk
- Victor Soțchi-VoinicescuDan
- Yuri KuzmenkoSavva Vyblov
- Boris MironyukFronya
Details
- Released
- 1 September 1978
- Original title
- Rădăcinile viaţii
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Anatoli Gorlo
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Root of Life runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Root of Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1978. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Root of Life?
Root of Life (1978) was directed by Nikolai Gibu and stars Vladimir Ivashov, Klara Luchko, Vyacheslav Shalevich.