Days of the Turbin Family / Dni Turbinykh / Дни Турбиных (1976)

This is a masterfully done re-telling of Mikhail Bulgakov's brilliant novel, "White Guard".
Set in Ukraine, beginning in late 1918, the novel concerns the fate of the Turbin family as the various armies of the Russian Civil War – the Whites, the Reds, the Imperial German Army, and Ukrainian nationalists – fight over the city of Kiev. Historical figures such as Petlyura and Pavlo Skoropadsky appear as the Turbin family is caught up in the turbulent effects of the October Revolution.

Director: Vladimir Basov
Cast: Andrei Miagkov, Andrei Rostotsky, Vasili Lanovoy, Vladimir Basov, Pyotr Shcherbakov, Oleg Basilashvili, Valentina Titova, Borislav Brondukov, Sergei Ivanov, Lev Perfilov, Ivan Ryzhov, Fyodor Nikitin, Dmitri Orlovsky, Vladimir Samojlov, Nikolai Smorchkov, Viktor Chekmaryov, Valentin Grachyov, A. Konyashin, Margarita Krinitsyna, Andy Rabinovich, Mikhail Selyutin, Vladimir Sokolov, Gleb Strizhenov, Sergey Bachurskiy
Writing credits: Vladimir Basov, Mikhail A. Bulgakov

Extras:
- Filmographies
- The television program dedicated to Mikhail Bulgakov. 2 issues. No subtitles.





IMDb

This is a masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guard"), "Days of the Turbins". Magnificent acting from all, particularly Valentina Titova as the beautiful Elena Talberg, and Basov as Myshlaevsky. This is a play which has touched lives, and it is one of the few works which stays in the mind for decades. We remember and love Myshlaevsky, we smile at the boasting of Shervinsky, we stare with dread and revulsion at the actions of Hetman Skoropadsky, we weep for Alexej Turbin, and Lariosik, well . . . he's just become a household word. After seeing this film (which follows the play almost to the word), or reading the play itself, we see these people come into our hearts as friends and kin–and then they do not leave. Bulgakov was a master, and this can be see in this, arguably among the five most famous of his many works.
~ iliawarlock