A Simple Story
Directed byYuri Yegorov
Written byBudimir Metalnikov
StarringNonna Mordyukova
Mikhail Ulyanov
Vasily Shukshin
CinematographyIgor Shatrov
Music byMark Fradkin
Production
company
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian
Box office46,8 tickets sold

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]

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

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]

References

  1. 24SMI
  2. Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
  3. Нонна Мордюкова
  4. "Фильм на сайте Василия Шукшина (кадры из фильма)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  5. "Простая история (фильм)". VokrugTV.
  6. "Простая история. Х/ф". Russia-1.


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