A Big Family

A Big Family (Больша́я семья́, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival. It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel Zhurbiny.

Cast

 * Sergei Lukyanov as Matvei Zhurbin
 * Boris Andreyev as Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin
 * Vera Kuznetsova as Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina
 * Aleksey Batalov as Aleksei Zhurbin
 * Sergei Kurilov as Victor Zhurbin
 * Vadim Medvedev as Anton Zhurbin
 * Boris Bityukov as Kostya Zhurbin
 * Iya Arepina as Tanya Zhurbina
 * Klara Luchko as Lida Zhurbina
 * Ekaterina Savinova as Dunyasha Zhurbina
 * Pavel Kadochnikov as Skobelev
 * Elena Dobronravova as Katya Travnikova
 * Nikolai Gritsenko as Club Manager
 * Nikolai Sergeyev as Basmanov
 * Larisa Kronberg as Zinaida Ivanova

Accolades

 * 1955 – 1955 Cannes Film Festival – Special prize for best acting ensemble.