The First 100 Years Are Hard
1989, Russian. Directed by Viktor Aristov.
Day after day, routine, exhausting work, empty counters, worries, husband, mother-in-law, construction. It seems that there is another, better life somewhere.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Viktor AristovDirector
- Lyubov KrasavinaVarya
- Nikolay ShatokhinIvan, Varya's husband
- Anna OvsyannikovaIvan's mother
- Kostya ShkurkoStyopka
- Natalya NazarovaVarya's mother
- Yuri KolobkovVarya's father
- Natalya LvovaLiza
- Olga NikolaevaAlyona
- Andrei GryaznovCast
- Lyudmila GorelovaCast
- Pavel DubashinskyPavel Petrovich
- Rinat IbragimovCast
Details
- Released
- 11 September 1989
- Original title
- Трудно первые сто лет
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Eduard Shim, Viktor Aristov, Georgi Markov
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The First 100 Years Are Hard runs 138 minutes (2h 18m).
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Which OTT platform is The First 100 Years Are Hard on?
The First 100 Years Are Hard isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 September 1989. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The First 100 Years Are Hard?
If you liked The First 100 Years Are Hard, try Brotherly Love, The Young One, The Safety of Objects.
Who directed The First 100 Years Are Hard?
The First 100 Years Are Hard (1989) was directed by Viktor Aristov and stars Lyubov Krasavina, Nikolay Shatokhin, Anna Ovsyannikova.