Characters & Themes
A Simple Story (1960) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1960 · 90 mins · Russian
- Directed by
- Yuri Yegorov
- Starring
- Vasiliy Shukshin, Vladimir Smirnov, Nonna Mordyukova, Mikhail Ulyanov, Irina Murzayeva, Valentina Vladimirova
The war ends, leaving Sasha Potapova, like many friends, a widow. Though she sheds no tear, the loss of a husband’s support wounds her. Because of her resolve, villagers make her chairwoman of the collective farm, where duties occupy her mind. Amid the work she feels a bittersweet, unreciprocated love that, despite loneliness, brings happiness.
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