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A Simple Story (1960 film)

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Directed by
  
Yuri Yegorov

Cinematography
  
Igor Shatrov

Release date
  
1960

Director
  
Yuri Yegorov

Production company
  
Gorky Film Studio

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Music by
  
Mark Fradkin

Production company
  
Gorky Film Studio

Initial release
  
1960

Music director
  
Mark Fradkin

Written by
  
Budimir Metalnikov

Starring
  
Nonna Mordyukova Mikhail Ulyanov Vasily Shukshin

Cast
  
Nonna Mordyukova, Vasily Shukshin, Mikhail Ulyanov

Similar
  
The House I Live In, Commissar, By the Lake, The White Caravan, And Quiet Flows the Don

A Simple Story (Russian: Простая история, Prostaya istoriya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov. The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.

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Plot

A woman lost her husband in the war, has dedicated his life to the farm. For honesty and uncompromising character, many disliked Sasha Potapova, however, was elected chairman of the collective farm. Unexpected love to the secretary of the District Committee Danilov made her life happy and difficult. The role of Sasha Potapova - image of solid, bright, memorable - was written specifically for Nonna Mordyukova given its creative and human destiny.

Cast

  • Nonna Mordyukova as Sasha Potapova
  • Mikhail Ulyanov as Secretary of the Communist Andrey Egorovich Danilov
  • Vasily Shukshin as Vanka Lykov
  • Daniil Ilchenko as Yegor Lykov, Ivan's father
  • Valentina Vladimirova as Avdotya
  • Irina Murzaeva as Sasha's mother
  • Nina Sazonova as Lyuba
  • References

    A Simple Story (1960 film) Wikipedia