Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Anatoli Nazarov and Andrei Moskvin
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Grigori KozintsevWriter
- Leonid TraubergWriter
- Original title
- Простые люди
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 1945
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Olga LebzakEryomina
Boris ZhukovskyMakeyev- F. BabadzhanovAkbashev
Ekaterina Korchagina-AleksandrovskayaGranny
Iraida KudryavtsevaVarvara Shapkina
Larisa YemelyantsevaSasha Slepnyova
Vladimir KolchinIvanov
Tatyana PelttserPlaksina- Anatoliy ChiryevRomka
Aleksandr LarikovKizlyakov
Konstantin AdashevskyCook
Yuriy TolubeevYeryomin, works director
Boris FeodosyevPilot
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