Toward the Dawn
1960, Russian. Directed by Tatyana Lukashevich.
Siberia, 1916-1917. Bolshevik Pyotr Sapozhkov is engaged in revolutionary propaganda and agitation in a small Siberian town after the end of his exile. He is assisted by his wife Varya. After the February Revolution, the Bolshevik party is still outlawed, Pyotr and Varya go into hiding and face arrest. The guards manage to capture their son Timu and the boy is taken to an orphanage.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Tatyana LukashevichDirector
- Vladimir MazaevTyma
- Yuriy YakovlevPyotr Sapozhkov
- Evgeniy SamoylovSavych
- Vyacheslav GostinskyCast
- Valerian KazanskiyPanteley Zolotaryov
- Yuri LeonidovZolotaryov's son
- Afanasi KochetkovCast
- Viktor KovalЯков
- Sergey BorisovCast
- Lev KovylinYakov's father
- Aleksei ZhiltsovPichugin
- Yuliya SevelaEsfir
Details
- Released
- 19 April 1960
- Original title
- Заре навстречу
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Aleksandr Antokolsky
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Toward the Dawn runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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Toward the Dawn isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 April 1960. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Toward the Dawn?
Toward the Dawn (1960) was directed by Tatyana Lukashevich and stars Vladimir Mazaev, Yuriy Yakovlev, Evgeniy Samoylov.