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1939 Soviet Union film

Member of the Government

Russian: Член правительства
Directed by	Iosif Kheifits Aleksandr Zarkhi
Written by	Ekaterina Vinogradskaya
Produced by	M. Chernova Iosif Kheifits S. Reitman Aleksandr Zarkhi
Starring	Vera Maretskaya Vasili Vanin Nikolay Kryuchkov Ivan Nazarov Valentina Telegina
Cinematography	Aleksandr Gintsburg
Edited by	Ye. Bazhenova
Music by	Nikolai Timofeyev
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1939 (1939)
Running time	106 min.
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Member of the Government (Russian: Член правительства, romanized: Chlen pravitelstva) 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.

Cast

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)

References

External links

Member of the Government at IMDb

v t e Films by Aleksandr Zarkhi
Wind in the Face (1930) My Motherland (1933) Red Army Days (1935) Baltic Deputy (1936) Member of the Government (1939) His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942) The Last Hill (1944) In the Name of Life (1946) The Precious Seed (1948) The Lights of Baku (1950) The Height (1957) People on the Bridge (1960) My Younger Brother (1962) Anna Karenina (1967) Story of an Unknown Actor (1976) Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (1981)

Films by Aleksandr Zarkhi

Wind in the Face (1930)
My Motherland (1933)
Red Army Days (1935)
Baltic Deputy (1936)
Member of the Government (1939)
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942)
The Last Hill (1944)
In the Name of Life (1946)
The Precious Seed (1948)
The Lights of Baku (1950)
The Height (1957)
People on the Bridge (1960)
My Younger Brother (1962)
Anna Karenina (1967)
Story of an Unknown Actor (1976)
Twenty Six Days from the Life of Dostoyevsky (1981)

v t e Films by Iosif Kheifits
Wind in the Face (1930) My Motherland (1933) Red Army Days (1935) Baltic Deputy (1936) Member of the Government (1939) His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942) The Last Hill (1944) In the Name of Life (1946) The Precious Seed (1948) The Lights of Baku (1950) Spring in Moscow (1953) A Big Family (1954) The Rumyantsev Case (1955) My Beloved (1958) Lady with the Dog (1960) The Horizon (1961) In S. City (1966) Hail, Mary! (1971) Asya (1977) Vagrant Bus (1989)

Films by Iosif Kheifits

Wind in the Face (1930)
My Motherland (1933)
Red Army Days (1935)
Baltic Deputy (1936)
Member of the Government (1939)
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942)
The Last Hill (1944)
In the Name of Life (1946)
The Precious Seed (1948)
The Lights of Baku (1950)
Spring in Moscow (1953)
A Big Family (1954)
The Rumyantsev Case (1955)
My Beloved (1958)
Lady with the Dog (1960)
The Horizon (1961)
In S. City (1966)
Hail, Mary! (1971)
Asya (1977)
Vagrant Bus (1989)

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