A Big Family
Russian poster
Directed by	Iosif Kheifits
Written by	Sokrat Kara Vsevolod Kochetov
Starring	Sergei Lukyanov Boris Andreyev Vera Kuznetsova
Cinematography	Sergei Ivanov
Edited by	D. Lander
Music by	Venedikt Pushkov
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1954 (1954)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

A Big Family (Russian: Больша́я семья́, translit. Bolshaya semya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Iosif Kheifits. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It was based on Vsevolod Kochetov's novel Zhurbiny.

Cast

• Sergei Lukyanov as Matvei Zhurbin
• Boris Andreyev as Ilya Matveyevich Zhurbin
• Vera Kuznetsova as Agafya Karpovna Zhurbina
• Aleksey Batalov as Aleksei Zhurbin
• Sergei Kurilov as Victor Zhurbin
• Vadim Medvedev as Anton Zhurbin
• Boris Bityukov as Kostya Zhurbin
• Iya Arepina as Tanya Zhurbina
• Klara Luchko as Lida Zhurbina
• Ekaterina Savinova as Dunyasha Zhurbina
• Pavel Kadochnikov as Skobelev
• Elena Dobronravova as Katya Travnikova
• Nikolai Gritsenko as Club Manager
• Nikolai Sergeyev as Basmanov
• Larisa Kronberg as Zinaida Ivanova

Accolades

• 1955 – 1955 Cannes Film Festival – Special prize for best acting ensemble.