The Red Snowball Tree
A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.
- Year: 1974
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Mosfilm
- Keyword: mother, redemption, love, russian village, former thief, criminals
- Director: Vasiliy Shukshin
- Cast: Vasiliy Shukshin, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Ivan Ryzhov, Aleksey Vanin, Mariya Vinogradova, Lev Durov