Simple People
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.
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Top Cast
Olga Lebzak
Eryomina
Boris Zhukovsky
Makeyev
F. Babadzhanov
Akbashev
Ekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya
Granny
Iraida Kudryavtseva
Varvara Shapkina
Larisa Yemelyantseva
Sasha Slepnyova
Vladimir Kolchin
Ivanov
Tatyana Pelttser
Plaksina
Anatoliy Chiryev
Romka
Aleksandr Larikov
Kizlyakov
Konstantin Adashevsky
Cook
Yuriy Tolubeev
Yeryomin, works director
Boris Feodosyev
Pilot
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