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Cast

Nonna Mordyukova

Nonna Mordyukova

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

Valentina Vladimirova

Valentina Vladimirova

Irina Murzayeva

Irina Murzayeva

Sasha's Mother

Danylo Ilchenko

Danylo Ilchenko

Nina Sazonova

Nina Sazonova

Vladimir Smirnov

Vladimir Smirnov

Ivan Zhevago

Ivan Zhevago

Crew

Yuri Yegorov

Yuri Yegorov

Director

Budimir Metalnikov

Budimir Metalnikov

Screenplay

Igor Shatrov

Igor Shatrov

Director of Photography

Mark Gorelik

Mark Gorelik

Production Design

Sergey Serebrenikov

Sergey Serebrenikov

Production Design

Mark Fradkin

Mark Fradkin

Original Music Composer

Valentin Khlobynin

Valentin Khlobynin

Sound Director

Kleopatra Alperova

Kleopatra Alperova

Assistant Director

Konstantin Arutyunov

Konstantin Arutyunov

Camera Operator

V. Chibisov

V. Chibisov

Camera Operator

Andrei Maslennikov

Andrei Maslennikov

Camera Operator

Konstantin Alekseyev

Konstantin Alekseyev

VFX Director of Photography

S. Ivanov

S. Ivanov

VFX Supervisor

Valeriya Pogozheva

Valeriya Pogozheva

Script Editor

Galina Shatrova

Galina Shatrova

Editor

Nikolay Dorizo

Nikolay Dorizo

Lyricist

Vitaliy Gnutov

Vitaliy Gnutov

Conductor

G. Sholokhov

G. Sholokhov

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A Simple Story

19604.8 / 100
Drama, Romance

Overview

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…