Member of the Government

Member of the Government (Член правительства) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi.

Plot
Aleksandra Sokolova, the wife of a peasant and a former farm laborer who becomes a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, overcoming collectivization problems and difficulties in her personal life.

Starring

 * Vera Maretskaya as Aleksandra Grigoryevna Sokolova
 * Vasili Vanin as Yefim Yefimovich Sokolov
 * Nikolay Kryuchkov as Nikita Sokolov, blond brother-in-law
 * Ivan Nazarov as Fedot Petrovich Krivosheyev
 * Valentina Telegina as Panya, fat woman
 * Boris Blinov as The District Party Secretary
 * Vasili Merkuryev as Party Undersecretary Stashkov
 * Aleksey Konsovsky as Petka, teen groom
 * Aleksandra Matveeva as Duska, teen bride
 * Konstantin Sorokin as Kuzma, beefy kolkhoz rowdy
 * Yelizaveta Uvarova as Duska's mother
 * Aleksandr Melnikov as Escort (uncredited)

Awards and nominations

 * New York Film Critics Circle Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (nom)