A Simple Story (1960 film)
A Simple Story (Russian: Простая история, romanized: Prostaya istoriya) is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov.[1] The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.[2]
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| Directed by | Yuri Yegorov |
| Written by | Budimir Metalnikov |
| Starring | Nonna Mordyukova Mikhail Ulyanov Vasily Shukshin |
| Music by | Mark Fradkin |
| Cinematography | Igor Shatrov |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | 46,8 tickets sold |
Plot
A woman loses her husband in the war and dedicates her life to the kolkhoz. Many started to dislike Sasha Potapova for her honesty and uncompromising character, however she is elected chairman of the collective farm. Unexpected love to the secretary of the District Committee Danilov makes her life happy and difficult.
Cast
- Nonna Mordyukova as Sasha Potapova[3]
- Mikhail Ulyanov as Secretary of the Communist Andrey Egorovich Danilov
- Vasily Shukshin as Vanka Lykov [4]
- Daniil Ilchenko as Yegor Lykov, Ivan's father
- Valentina Vladimirova as Avdotya
- Irina Murzaeva as Sasha's mother
- Aleksey Mironov as Guskov
- Oleg Anofriev as Agronomist
- Tatyana Babanina as Nastassya Mineeva (as T. Babanina)
- Nina Sazonova as Lyuba
Production
The character of Potapova was specifically written for Nonna Mordyukova.[5] She was born in Kuban into a peasant family and her mother was a kolkhoz chairman.[6]
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gollark: Hmm, their init system is... 150 lines of code, so about 0.025 potatOSes.
References
- 24SMI
- Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
- Нонна Мордюкова
- "Фильм на сайте Василия Шукшина (кадры из фильма)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- "Простая история (фильм)". VokrugTV.
- "Простая история. Х/ф". Russia-1.
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