A Simple Story

The story

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

N Nonna MordyukovaSasha Potapova M Mikhail UlyanovDanilov D Danylo IlchenkoEgor Lykov V Vasiliy ShukshinIvan Lykov I Irina MurzayevaSasha's mother V Valentina VladimirovaAvdotiya A Aleksei MironovGuskov O Oleg Anofriev N Nina Beloborodova V Valentin Bryleev T Tatyana Babanina M Mariya Vinogradova

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V Vladimir Guskov I Ivan Zhevago V Vladimir Smirnov N Nina Sazonova I Iraida Soldatova V Valery Sokolov B Boris Yurchenko K Klavdiya Kozlyonkova A Aleksandr Baranov(uncredited) E Evgeniy Bykadorov(uncredited) L Leonid Glushchenko(uncredited) S Sergei Golovanov(uncredited) A Anna Dubrovina(uncredited) A Anna Kolomiytseva(uncredited) P Praskovya Postnikova(uncredited) B Boris Sitko(uncredited) N Nikolai Tyamin(uncredited) A Aleksey Eybozhenko(uncredited) O Olga Shakhova(uncredited) V Vasiliy Shchelokov(uncredited)