A Simple 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…
- Year: 1960
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: Gorky Film Studios
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- Director: Yuri Yegorov
- Cast: Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Vasiliy Shukshin, Valentina Vladimirova, Irina Murzayeva, Danylo Ilchenko