---
title: 'The Red Snowball Tree (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vasily Shukshin'
released: '1974-03-25'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-snowball-tree-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070262/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Red Snowball Tree (1974)

1974 · 108 min · Drama · Soviet Union

Original title: Калина красная

## Synopsis

The Red Snowball Tree is a 1974 Soviet drama film written and directed by Vasily Shukshin. It was the most successful film of that year. In total, the film sold an estimated 140 million tickets at the Soviet box office, making it the highest-grossing Soviet film of all time. German film director and screenwriter Rainer Werner Fassbinder included The Red Snowball Tree in the top ten of his favorite films.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vasily Shukshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-shukshin)
- **Screenplay:** [Vasily Shukshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-shukshin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pavel Chekalov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-chekalov)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anatoli Zabolotski](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoli-zabolotski)

## Cast

- [Lev Durov](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-durov)
- [Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina](https://cinepixo.com/people/lidiya-fedoseyeva-shukshina)
- [Aleksey Vanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-vanin)
- [Ivan Ryzhov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-ryzhov)
- [Iya Arepina](https://cinepixo.com/people/iya-arepina)
- [Natalya Gvozdikova](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalya-gvozdikova)
- [Zhanna Prokhorenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhanna-prokhorenko)
- [Vasily Shukshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasily-shukshin)
- [Georgi Burkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgi-burkov)

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