| The Days of the Turbins | |
| Cinematography: | Leonid Krainenkov Ilia Minkovetskiy |
| Editing: | Lyudmila Badorina |
| Producer: | Dmitry Zalbshtein |
| Runtime: | 223 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
The Days of the Turbins (Russian: Дни Турбиных|Dni Turbinykh) is a 1976 Soviet three-part television drama film. It was directed by Vladimir Basov and based on the play with the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov (itself Bulgakov's adaptation of his novel The White Guard for the stage).[1] [2]
The film tells about the intelligentsia, the Russian Revolution and the life of the family of Turbin officers during the Russian Civil War.
In Kiev, during the winter of 1918-1919, power in the city passes successively from the Hetman to the Directorate of Ukraine to Petliura and to the Bolsheviks. The Turbins and their acquaintances must make their choice. Colonel Alexei Turbin and his brother Nicholas remain loyal to the White movement, bravely defend it, and do not worry about their lives. Elena's (née Turbin) husband, Vladimir Talberg, flees shamefully from the city with the retreating German troops.
Despite the troubled times, the family and its close friends gather and celebrate New Year's Day. A strange and slightly ridiculous person comes to visit them and is a distant relative of the Turbins, Larion Surzhansky (Lariosik).
The White Guard, a Russian 2012 television series.