Ordinary Children
1978, Russian. Directed by Ayan Shakhmaliyeva.
Four years ago, Igor, Olya's father, fell in love with another woman, Tatyana, and left his wife. Tatyana has a son, Dima, whom Igor is adopting. And one day Igor can not meet Olya, and sends Dima instead. Children get acquainted. There is a paradox. Olya hates Dima and his mother, he is friendly. Children have to cross the line of love and hate.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 3 June 1978
- Original title
- Дети как дети
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yuliu Edlis
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Ordinary Children runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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Ordinary Children isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 June 1978. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Ordinary Children?
Ordinary Children (1978) was directed by Ayan Shakhmaliyeva and stars Nikita Mikhajlovsky, Margarita Sergeyecheva, Aleksandr Kalyagin.