Movie Drama
A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.
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Nina Ruslanova Vladislav Abashin Roman Madyanov Vsevolod Shilovsky Evdokiya Germanova Maksim Averin Aleksey Serebryakov Lyudmila Larionova Sergey Makarov Egor Kleymenov Alexandr Aravushkin Aleksandr Borisov Ivan Bortnik Natalya Tetenova Vitaly Kishchenko Evgeny Kharitonov Darya Ekamasova Aleksei Shevchenkov Agrippina Steklova Andrey Kurnosov Yola Sanko Olga Lapshina Natalya Tetenova Lyudmila Davydova Aleksey Alekseev Ivan Zamotaev Vladimir Fyodorov Lyudmila Polyakova Igor Klass Aleksandr Borisov Vyacheslav Krikunov Andrey Dezhonov Aleksey Oshurkov Pyotr Logachev Dmitriy Mulyar Boris Polunin Sergey Legostaev Vitaly Abdulov Anton Babichev Andrey Balashov Dmitriy Blokhin Dmitry Bobrov Oleg Bilik Sergey Vlasov Nikolai Danilov Lidiya Dorotenko Irina Znamenshchikova Nikolay Kiderov Denis Kirillov Mariya Klyukvina Vladimir Kolesnikov Yuriy Shevchuk Evgeniy Bakhar Yakov Shamshin Juris Laucinsh Eduard Censor Natalya Iokhvidova Alesia Pukhovaja Pavel Poymalov Igor Chigasov
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