A Simple Story (1960)

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…

Cast (32)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

T

Tatyana Babanina

Mariya Vinogradova

V

Vladimir Guskov

Ivan Zhevago

Vladimir Smirnov

Nina Sazonova

Iraida Soldatova

V

Valery Sokolov

Boris Yurchenko

Klavdiya Kozlyonkova

Aleksandr Baranov

(uncredited)

Evgeniy Bykadorov

(uncredited)

L

Leonid Glushchenko

(uncredited)

Sergei Golovanov

(uncredited)

Anna Dubrovina

(uncredited)

Anna Kolomiytseva

(uncredited)

Praskovya Postnikova

(uncredited)

Boris Sitko

(uncredited)

N

Nikolai Tyamin

(uncredited)

Aleksey Eybozhenko

(uncredited)

O

Olga Shakhova

(uncredited)

V

Vasiliy Shchelokov

(uncredited)

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