The Return of Vasili Bortnikov
1953, Russian. Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin.
A veteran of World War II returns to civil life and the collective farm he once led, only to find his wife has re-married.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Vsevolod PudovkinDirector
- Sergei LukyanovVasili Bortnikov
- Nikolai TimofeyevStephan
- Inna MakarovaFrosya
- Anatoli ChemodurovChekanov
- Natalya MedvedevaAvdotya
- Anatoliy IgnatyevPavel
- Vsevolod SanayevKentaurov
- Klara LuchkoNatalya Dubko
- Nonna MordyukovaNastya Ogorodnikova
- Galina StepanovaTatyana Timofeevna Bolshakova
- Andrei PetrovVitya
- Mariya YarotskayaVasili's grandmother
Details
- Released
- 1 April 1953
- Original title
- Возвращение Василия Бортникова
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yevgeni Gabrilovich, Galina Nikolayeva
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The Return of Vasili Bortnikov runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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The Return of Vasili Bortnikov isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1953. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Return of Vasili Bortnikov?
The Return of Vasili Bortnikov (1953) was directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and stars Sergei Lukyanov, Nikolai Timofeyev, Inna Makarova.