Simple People

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Leonid Trauberg

Featured Cast

Olga Lebzak

Eryomina, his wife

Boris Zhukovsky

Makeyev

F. Babadzhanov

Akbashev

Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya

Granny

I. Kudryavtseva

Varvara Shapkina

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