Member of the Government

Member of the Government () 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

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