A Simple Story (1960)

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…

• Release Date: 1960-09-24
• Runtime: 1h 36min
• Production Company: Gorky Film Studios
• Production Country: Soviet Union
• Director: Yuri Yegorov
• Writer: Budimir Metalnikov