The Dawns Here Are Quiet
1 hr. 38 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Boris Vasilyev
Author
Boris Vasilyev
Narrator
theater actors
Narrator
theater actors
Description
A stage production based on the eponymous novella by B. Vasiliev, staged by the Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy on Taganka; premiere January 6, 1971.
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Women anti-air gunners under the command of senior sergeant Vaskov take their last battle against fascist paratroopers.
Boris Vasiliev’s novella is honest and pure like a document of a terrible event. “And dawns here are quiet…” is perhaps the most poetic and harmonious production by Lyubimov. It combined previously separate stylistic elements—conditional theatre and psychological theatre. There are no directorial excesses; the actor stands on an equal footing with the director, the creator of one theatrical reality. It’s no coincidence that after this production, debates in criticism visibly quieted about how Taganka is allegedly an exclusively director-led theatre and that major actors supposedly have nothing to do in it.
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War. Women anti-air gunners under the command of senior sergeant Vaskov take their last battle against fascist paratroopers.
Boris Vasiliev’s novella is honest and pure like a document of a terrible event. “And dawns here are quiet…” is perhaps the most poetic and harmonious production by Lyubimov. It combined previously separate stylistic elements—conditional theatre and psychological theatre. There are no directorial excesses; the actor stands on an equal footing with the director, the creator of one theatrical reality. It’s no coincidence that after this production, debates in criticism visibly quieted about how Taganka is allegedly an exclusively director-led theatre and that major actors supposedly have nothing to do in it.
Characters and performers
Senior sergeant Vaskov — Vitaly Shapovalov
Galya Chetvertak — Tatyana Zhukova
Sonya Gurvich — Natalya Sayko
Sonya Gurvich’s father — Gotlib Roninson
Sonya Gurvich’s mother — Tatyana Makhova
Lisa Brichkina — Marina Politseimako
Lisa Brichkina’s father — Yuri Smirnov
Guest in the Brichkina house — Konstantin Zheldin
Zhenya Komelkoeova — Nina Shatskaya
Zhenya Komelkov’s mother — Inna Ulyanova
Rita Osyanina — Zinaida Slavina
Osyanin — V. Korolyov
Kiryianova — Viktoriya Radunskaya
Major — Ivan Bortnik
Katienka — Elena Kornilova
House mistress — Inna Ulyanova
Neighbor — Tatyana Lukyanova
In other roles: V. Korolyov, Alexey Grabbe, Felix Antipov,
Alexander Vilkin, Sergey Savchenko, Stanislav Kholmogorov,
Oleg Shkolnikov, Konstantin Zheldin, Yuri Smirnov,
Vladimir Matyukhin, Viktor S t e r n b e r g
Dramatization: Yuri Lyubimov and Boris Glagolin
Director: Yuri Lyubimova
Composer: Edison Denisov
Galya Chetvertak — Tatyana Zhukova
Sonya Gurvich — Natalya Sayko
Sonya Gurvich’s father — Gotlib Roninson
Sonya Gurvich’s mother — Tatyana Makhova
Lisa Brichkina — Marina Politseimako
Lisa Brichkina’s father — Yuri Smirnov
Guest in the Brichkina house — Konstantin Zheldin
Zhenya Komelkoeova — Nina Shatskaya
Zhenya Komelkov’s mother — Inna Ulyanova
Rita Osyanina — Zinaida Slavina
Osyanin — V. Korolyov
Kiryianova — Viktoriya Radunskaya
Major — Ivan Bortnik
Katienka — Elena Kornilova
House mistress — Inna Ulyanova
Neighbor — Tatyana Lukyanova
In other roles: V. Korolyov, Alexey Grabbe, Felix Antipov,
Alexander Vilkin, Sergey Savchenko, Stanislav Kholmogorov,
Oleg Shkolnikov, Konstantin Zheldin, Yuri Smirnov,
Vladimir Matyukhin, Viktor S t e r n b e r g
Dramatization: Yuri Lyubimov and Boris Glagolin
Director: Yuri Lyubimova
Composer: Edison Denisov
