Everything Could Have Been Otherwise
1982, Russian. Directed by Valeriu Jereghi.
Growing up in an orphanage, Florin is trying to find his mother Dorina, whom he has not seen for 15 years. His beloved Liza is very jealous of Florin's plans. Having met his mother, an already adult son is trying to understand the person who gave him life and abandoned him. But can a son forgive his mother, who deprived him of a happy childhood?
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Valeriu JereghiDirector
- Gheorghe GrâuFlorin
- Margarita TerekhovaDorina
- Lyudmila ChinshevayaEmilia
- Elena FinogeevaLiza
- Antonina MaksimovaYekaterina Ivanovna
- Valentina AnaninaVera
- Georgi GavrilovOrphanage
- Sergei BalabanovOrphanage
- Dumitru FusuGrigory Timofeyevich
- Eugenia TodorascuDorina's Mother
- Trifan GruzinNeighbour
Details
- Released
- 20 December 1982
- Original title
- Всё могло быть иначе
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Valentin Ezhov, Valeriu Jereghi, Sergey Akchurin
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Everything Could Have Been Otherwise runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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Everything Could Have Been Otherwise isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 December 1982. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Everything Could Have Been Otherwise?
If you liked Everything Could Have Been Otherwise, try Where the Red Fern Grows, I Believe, Skater Girl.
Who directed Everything Could Have Been Otherwise?
Everything Could Have Been Otherwise (1982) was directed by Valeriu Jereghi and stars Gheorghe Grâu, Margarita Terekhova, Lyudmila Chinshevaya.