A Simple Story

A Simple Story is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Yuri Yegorov. The picture was the 48th most attended domestic film in the Soviet Union. Plot A woman loses her husband in the war and dedicates her life to the kolkhoz. Many started to dislike Sasha Potapova for her honesty and uncompromising character, however she is elected chairman of the collective farm. Unexpected love to the secretary of the District Committee Danilov makes her life happy and difficult. Cast Nonna Mordyukova as Sasha Potapova Mikhail Ulyanov as Secretary of the Communist Andrey Egorovich Danilov Vasily Shukshin as Vanka Lykov Daniil Ilchenko as Yegor Lykov, Ivan's father Valentina Vladimirova as Avdotya Irina Murzaeva as Sasha's mother Aleksey Mironov as Guskov Oleg Anofriev as Agronomist Tatyana Babanina as Nastassya Mineeva (as T. Babanina) Nina Sazonova as Lyuba Production The character of Potapova was specifically written for Nonna Mordyukova. She was born in Kuban into a peasant family and her mother was a kolkhoz chairman.