Yevdokiya

(1961)

★ 7.6 IMDb · 149 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1961

Runtime: 106 min

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Татьяна Лиознова

Cast: Людмила Хитяева, Николай Лебедев, Lyubov Basova, Ольга Наровчатова, Алевтина Румянцева

Plot

On the outskirts of the provincial town, Yevdokim and Yevdokiya live, raising foster children. Yevdokim works at a factory, Yevdokiya is a housewife. The family seems to be safe and happy: the only trouble is that Yevdokiya cannot forget the love of her youth. This Yevdokim cannot stand and offers Yevdokiya freedom, while he will remain with the children. But all these contradictions are drowned in mutual love for children and for each other.