A woman's heart in ruins, a country's soul in rubble — who saves who?
Acting
Tatyana Kulish's eyes do entire monologues of unspoken grief.
Production
Post-war Leningrad decay so authentic you can taste the dust.
Director
Vyacheslav Nikiforov
Tatyana Kulish
Фруза Семашко
Galina Makarova
Дроздова
Valentina Titova
Нонна
Vladimir Kuleshov
Пархомов
Lev Perfilov
Петроченков
Iosif Matusevich
дед
Georgi Georgiu
муж Нонны
Alexandra Zimina
глухая старушка
Tamara Muzhenko
соседка Фрузы
Nina Rozantsevа
соседка Фрузы
Evgeniya Kravchenko
соседка Фрузы
Lidiya Mordachyova
нянечка в роддоме
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Brezhnev's stagnation, the film's unflinching poverty depictions were rare Soviet honesty. State censors nearly shelved it for being 'too hopeless.'
Tatyana Kulish was a theater actress who made only three films; this was her only lead. Her rawness was 'inexperience' that directors now would kill for.
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