Simple People
1945, Russian. Directed by Grigori Kozintsev & Leonid Trauberg.
A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned. A version of the film, released in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by director Grigori Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Grigori KozintsevDirector
- Leonid TraubergDirector
- Olga LebzakEryomina
- Boris ZhukovskyMakeyev
- F. BabadzhanovAkbashev
- Ekaterina Korchagina-AleksandrovskayaGranny
- Iraida KudryavtsevaVarvara Shapkina
- Larisa YemelyantsevaSasha Slepnyova
- Vladimir KolchinIvanov
- Tatyana PelttserPlaksina
- Anatoliy ChiryevRomka
- Aleksandr LarikovKizlyakov
- Konstantin AdashevskyCook
- Yuriy TolubeevYeryomin, works director
Details
- Released
- 31 December 1945
- Original title
- Простые люди
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Grigori Kozintsev, Leonid Trauberg
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Simple People runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
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Simple People isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 1945. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Simple People?
Simple People (1945) was directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg and stars Olga Lebzak, Boris Zhukovsky, F. Babadzhanov.