Getting to Know the Big Wide World

On a rough and tumble construction site for a new factory, the conversation flows and love blooms for trio Lyuba, Misha, and Kolya. In the liminal space of their workplace, they build material and intangible connections.

Cast

Nina Ruslanova

as Lyuba

Sergei Popov

as Mikhail

Aleksei Zharkov

as Nikolay

Natalya Leble

as Galya

Olga Malakhova

as bride at the opening of ZAGS

Lena Shelgunova

as Natasha

Natasha Shelgunova

as Vera

Lyudmila Gurchenko

as Unknown Woman

Vladimir Pozhidayev

Viktor Aristov

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