Three Poplars in Plyushcikha

Three Poplars in Plyushchikha is a 1968 romantic drama feature film directed by Tatyana Lioznova based on the story by Alexander Borschagovsky "Three Poplars in Shabolovka". The film was a box-office success, it was seen by 26 million people in the USSR. Plot From a village to Moscow comes a married woman and mother of two children Nyura to sell home-made ham. And the first person she meets is an intelligent taxi driver Sasha, who must pick her up to her in-law; her husband's sister, who lives near the cafe "Three Poplars" at Plyushchikha. This random meeting brings the strangers together and forces them to take a fresh look at their lives. But unfortunately, due to external circumstances continuation of this connection does not develop. Cast Tatiana Doronina as Nyura Oleg Yefremov as Sasha, taxi driver Hikmat Latypov as grandfather Sadyk Vyacheslav Shalevich as Grisha, Nyura's husband Valentina Telegina as Fedosiya Ivanovna Nikolay Smirnov as uncle Egor Alevtina Rumyantseva as Nina, Nyura's sister-in-law Viktor Sergachyov as Nina's fiancé Georgy Svetlani as shepherd Galya Belykh as Galya, daughter Nyura (credited as Valya Belykh) Sergei Morozov as Sergei, Nyura's Yugenia Poplavskaja as girl in a taxi Yakov Lenz as old man in the queue Production The story by Alexander Borschagovsky was called "Three Poplars at Shabolovka", and initially this was what the film was to be called. However Shabolovka had already become associated with television, and the motion picture was not about the TV industry. Therefore, director Tatyana Lioznova decided to change the name of the movie and the author gave his consent.