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Feature film — 1945

Simple People (1945)

6.21h 14mWar

A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned. A version of the film, released in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by director Grigori Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.

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Director: Grigori Kozintsev

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Cast & crew

Olga Lebzak as Eryomina

Olga Lebzak

Eryomina

Boris Zhukovsky as Makeyev

Boris Zhukovsky

Makeyev

F

F. Babadzhanov

Akbashev

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya as Granny

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya

Granny

Iraida Kudryavtseva as Varvara Shapkina

Iraida Kudryavtseva

Varvara Shapkina

Larisa Yemelyantseva as Sasha Slepnyova

Larisa Yemelyantseva

Sasha Slepnyova

Vladimir Kolchin as Ivanov

Vladimir Kolchin

Ivanov

Tatyana Pelttser as Plaksina

Tatyana Pelttser

Plaksina

A

Anatoliy Chiryev

Romka

Aleksandr Larikov as Kizlyakov

Aleksandr Larikov

Kizlyakov

Konstantin Adashevsky as Cook

Konstantin Adashevsky

Cook

Yuriy Tolubeev as Yeryomin, works director

Yuriy Tolubeev

Yeryomin, works director

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