A Simple Story (1960 film)

A Simple Story
A Simple Story
Directed by	Yuri Yegorov
Written by	Budimir Metalnikov
Starring	Nonna Mordyukova; Mikhail Ulyanov; Vasily Shukshin
Cinematography	Igor Shatrov
Music by	Mark Fradkin
Production; company	Gorky Film Studio
Release date	1960;
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 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[]

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
as Guskov
Oleg Anofriev as Agronomist
as Nastassya Mineeva (as T. Babanina)
Nina Sazonova as Lyuba

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]