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Simple People

6.219451h 14mMovieWar

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…

DirectorsGrigori Kozintsev·Leonid Trauberg
WritersGrigori Kozintsev·Leonid Trauberg
ProducerAleksandr Ginzburg

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Cast · Directed by Grigori Kozintsev

OLOlga Lebzak
Olga Lebzak
Eryomina
BZBoris Zhukovsky
Boris Zhukovsky
Makeyev
FB
F. Babadzhanov
Akbashev
EKEkaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
Granny
IKIraida Kudryavtseva
Iraida Kudryavtseva
Varvara Shapkina
LYLarisa Yemelyantseva
Larisa Yemelyantseva
Sasha Slepnyova
VKVladimir Kolchin
Vladimir Kolchin
Ivanov
TPTatyana Pelttser
Tatyana Pelttser
Plaksina
AC
Anatoliy Chiryev
Romka
ALAleksandr Larikov
Aleksandr Larikov
Kizlyakov
KAKonstantin Adashevsky
Konstantin Adashevsky
Cook
YTYuriy Tolubeev
Yuriy Tolubeev
Yeryomin, works director

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