A Great Life (1939)

Original title

Большая жизнь

Directed by

Leonid Lukov

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a small Donbas mining village, a young engineer proposes a new coal mining method. He faces pushback from a cautious committee chairman but gains support from veteran miners and a party organizer. The story follows his efforts to prove the method works.

earnestdeterminedunderstatedpatrioticworkplace-focusedmildly inspiringgroundedsteady-paced

What happens

A Great Life (Russian: Большая жизнь, romanized: Bolshaya zhizn) is a 1939 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov. The film depicts a small mining village in the Donbas, where a young engineer’s innovative coal mining method faces resistance from a cautious mine committee chairman, but with the support of veterans and a determined party organizer, he perseveres to prove his method’s worth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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