Film

A Simple Story

1960 · Drama · Romance

IMDb

7.6

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…

Nonna Mordyukova

Sasha Potapova

Mikhail Ulyanov

Danilov

Danylo Ilchenko

Egor Lykov

Vasiliy Shukshin

Ivan Lykov

Irina Murzayeva

Sasha's mother

Valentina Vladimirova

Avdotiya

Aleksei Mironov

Guskov

Oleg Anofriev

Nina Beloborodova

Valentin Bryleev

Tatyana Babanina

Mariya Vinogradova

Vladimir Guskov

Ivan Zhevago

Vladimir Smirnov

Nina Sazonova

• Yuri YegorovDirector
• Budimir MetalnikovWriter
• G. SholokhovExecutive Producer
• Igor ShatrovDirector of Photography
• Mark FradkinOriginal Music Composer
• Galina ShatrovaEditor

Release date

September 24, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Genres

Drama, Romance