The Red Snowball Tree (1974)

A thief named Egor, having served a term in prison, goes to the country to meet his pen-friend Lyuba, a kind genial village woman. Egor comes to love Lyuba sincerely. Now he has friends, work and a beloved woman, he decides to break with his criminal past and start a new life. However, his former criminal associates interfere brutally.

Released March 25, 1974 108 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: imdb.pen-pal, imdb.ex-convict, imdb.village, imdb.russia, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.river, imdb.redemption + 16 more, imdb.guilt, imdb.peasant, imdb.sauna, imdb.alienation, imdb.countryside, imdb.male-female-relationship, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.middle-aged-man, imdb.release-from-jail, tmdb.mother, tmdb.redemption, tmdb.love, tmdb.russian-village, tmdb.former-thief, tmdb.criminals, aspectratio.1-37-1