Peasants (1981) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1981 · 94 mins · Russian

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Directed by

Iskra Babich

Starring

Anatoli Vasilyev, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Lyudmila Gamuryak, Aleksandr Pavlov, Pyotr Glebov, Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Pavel’s mother despises his fiancée, Nastya. While Pavel is serving in the army, his mother writes to him claiming Nastya has been unfaithful, prompting him to abandon his hometown. Years later he returns for his father’s funeral, learns Nastya has died, leaving three orphaned children, the eldest of whom is his own daughter.