Storyline
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
Olga Lebzak
Eryomina
Lead
Boris Zhukovsky
Makeyev
FB
F. Babadzhanov
Akbashev
Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
Granny
Iraida Kudryavtseva
Varvara Shapkina
Larisa Yemelyantseva
Sasha Slepnyova
Vladimir Kolchin
Ivanov
Tatyana Pelttser
Plaksina
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Grigori Kozintsev's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Simple People is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
