A Simple Story
(1960)
★ 7.6 IMDb · 167 votes
Year: 1960
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Soviet Union
Director: Юрий Егоров
Cast: Нонна Мордюкова, Михаил Ульянов, Даниил Ильченко, Василий Шукшин, Ирина Мурзаева
Plot
The war was over. Like many of her female friends, Sasha Potapova was left a widow. It was hard living without a man’s shoulder to lean on, without love and affection, yet no one had ever seen her crying or despairing. For her strong character, the fellow-villagers elected her a collective farm chairwoman. The work, with its cares and worries, helped all but forget about her personal misfortune and woman’s loneliness. And then she fell in love – a bittersweet, unshared love, but happy anyway…