A Simple Story (1960 film)
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| Directed by | Yuri Yegorov |
| Written by | Budimir Metalnikov |
| Starring | Nonna Mordyukova Mikhail Ulyanov Vasily Shukshin |
| Cinematography | Igor Shatrov |
| Music by | Mark Fradkin |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Box office | 46,8 tickets sold |
A Simple Story (Russian: Простая история, romanized: Prostaya istoriya) is a 1960 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov.[1] The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union.[2]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "24SMI". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Отечественные фильмы в советском кинопрокате". Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
- ^ "Нонна Мордюкова". Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ "Фильм на сайте Василия Шукшина (кадры из фильма)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
- ^ "Простая история (фильм)". VokrugTV. Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
- ^ "Простая история. Х/ф". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
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