Primrose

Story

Synopsis

Based on L. Yelisieieva’s short story "Far Away". In the 1920s–30s, a girl named Liolia grows up in poverty after her father is killed in the so-called “Civil War.” Her mother’s new marriage brings fear and violence into the home, so Liolia is sent to live with her grandmother, where she finds peace—though only briefly.

Director

Victor Zhilko

Writers

Valeriya Vrublevskaya

Language

Ukrainian

Country

Soviet Union

Release date

1 January 1986

Ensemble

Cast

• Yelena Rudenko

  Older Liolia

• Katia Riaboshlyk

  Young Liolia

• Natalya Shostak

  Liolia's mother

• 

  Andrei Boltnev

  Stepfather Ivan

• 

  Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov

  Sculptor

• 

  Stefaniya Stanyuta

  Granny

• 

  Vladimir Kashpur

  Sexton

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  Ilya Ivanov

  Financial inspector

• Iryna Tereshchenko

  Teacher

• 

  Helga Dancberga

  Deutsch woman

• 

  Juris Strenga

  Deutsch man

• Volodymyr Zhylko

  Rostik