The Chairman (1964 film)

The Chairman  (Председатель) is a 1964 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksei Saltykov and starring Mikhail Ulyanov, Nonna Mordyukova and Ivan Lapikov. This film was honored with a Second Prize at All-Union Film Festival in Kiev (1966).

Plot
After World War II ends, soldier Yegor Trubnikov comes back to his native village to restore the ruined collective farm facilities. Rebuilding the kolkhoz is as hard for him as fighting the war. Becoming chairman, he charges himself with the burden of responsibility not only for the collective farm business, but also for the destiny of the people who are so close to him.

Trivia
The film (quite unusually for a Soviet movie) contains performance of a Christian religious hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee (at 32nd minute).

Cast

 * Mikhail Ulyanov as	Yegor Trubnikov
 * Ivan Lapikov as Semyon Trubnikov
 * Nonna Mordyukova as Donya Trubnikova
 * Vyacheslav Nevinny as Pavel Markushev
 * Valentina Vladimirova as Polina Korshikova
 * Kira Golovko as Nadya
 * Arkadi Trusov as Ignat Zakharovich
 * Vladimir Gulyaev as Ramenkov, District Party Instructor
 * Antonina Bogdanova as Praskovya
 * Aleksandr Kashperov as Shiryaev, Blacksmith
 * Aleksei Krychenkov as Alyoshka Trubnikov
 * Larisa Blinova as Liza
 * Nikolay Parfyonov as Klyagin, First Secretary of the District Party Committee
 * Aleksandr Galchenkov as Boris
 * Vladimir Etush as Colonel Kaloyev
 * Sergei Kurilov	as Kochetkov
 * Sergei Blinnikov as Serdyukov
 * Mikhail Kokshenov as Misha
 * Yelizaveta Kuzyurina as Motya Postnikova
 * Varvara Popova as Samokhina
 * Vitali Solomin as Valyozhin, Physician