When the Trees Were High
1961, Russian. Directed by Lev Kulidzhanov.
The story of a man who routinely dodges all responsibility, bemoans fate, spends his days boozing, and refuses to work. The act of playing long-lost father to a pretty teenager spurs him to turn over a new leaf.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Lev KulidzhanovDirector
- Inna GulayaNatasha
- Yuriy NikulinKuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
- Leonid KuravlyovLenka
- Vasiliy ShukshinChairman of the Kolkhoz
- Lyudmila ChursinaZoya
- Viktor PavlovCast
- Yekaterina MazurovaAnastasiya Borisovna
- Yelena KorolyovaNyurka
- Yevgeniya MelnikovaCast
- Arkadi TrusovCast
- Pavel ShalnovCast
- Georgi ShapovalovCast
Details
- Released
- 25 December 1961
- Original title
- Когда деревья были большими
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Nikolai Figurovsky
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When the Trees Were High runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is When the Trees Were High on?
When the Trees Were High isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 December 1961. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like When the Trees Were High?
If you liked When the Trees Were High, try Blind, Fire with Fire, Life in a Year.
Who directed When the Trees Were High?
When the Trees Were High (1961) was directed by Lev Kulidzhanov and stars Inna Gulaya, Yuriy Nikulin, Leonid Kuravlyov.