A Simple Story
1960, Russian. Directed by Yuri Yegorov.
The war was over. Like many of her female friends, Sasha Potapova was left a widow. It was hard living without a man’s shoulder to lean on, without love and affection, yet no one had ever seen her crying or despairing. For her strong character, the fellow-villagers elected her a collective farm chairwoman. The work, with its cares and worries, helped all but forget about her personal misfortune and woman’s loneliness. And then she fell in love – a bittersweet, unshared love, but happy anyway…
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- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Yuri YegorovDirector
- Nonna MordyukovaSasha Potapova
- Mikhail UlyanovDanilov
- Danylo IlchenkoEgor Lykov
- Vasiliy ShukshinIvan Lykov
- Irina MurzayevaSasha's mother
- Valentina VladimirovaAvdotiya
- Aleksei MironovGuskov
- Oleg AnofrievCast
- Nina BeloborodovaCast
- Valentin BryleevCast
- Tatyana BabaninaCast
- Mariya VinogradovaCast
Details
- Released
- 24 September 1960
- Original title
- Простая история
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Budimir Metalnikov
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Who directed A Simple Story?
A Simple Story (1960) was directed by Yuri Yegorov and stars Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Danylo Ilchenko.