''A Simple Death'' (russian: Простая смерть, Prostaya Smert') is a 1985 Soviet

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Alexander Kaidanovsky Alexander Leonidovich Kaidanovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Кайдано́вский; 23 July 1946 — 3 December 1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as ''At H ...

, based on

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

's ''

The Death of Ivan Ilyich ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'' (also Romanized ''Ilich, Ilych, Ilyitch''; russian: Смерть Ивана Ильича, Smert' Ivána Ilyicha), first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late ...

''. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

1987 Cannes Film Festival The 40th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1987 in film, 1987. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Under the Sun of Satan (film), Sous le soleil de Satan'' by Maurice Pialat, a choice which was considered "highly controversial" and the prize ...

Cast

Valeriy Priyomykhov Valeriy Mikhaylovich Priyomykhov (russian: Валерий Михайлович Приёмыхов; 27 December 1943 25 August 2000) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter and author. Awards *Winner of USSR State Prize: ** ...

as Ivan Ilyich (voiced by

) *

Alisa Freindlich Alisa Brunovna Freindlich (russian: Алиса Бруновна Фрейндлих, born 8 December 1934 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Since 1983, Freindlich has been a leading ac ...

as Praskovya Fyodorovna, Ivan Ilyich's wife * Vytautas Paukste as Mikhail Danilovich, doctor * Mikhail Danilov as narrator * Karina Moritts as Liza * E. Smirnov * Tamara Timofeyeva as nanny *

Stanislav Churkin Stanislav and variants may refer to: People * Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, C ...

as priest *

Anatoli Khudoleyev Anatoli ( el, Ανατολή) is a town and a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ioannina Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often call ...

as Pyotr * A. Bukhvalov * Vladimir Starostin *

Yuri Serov Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. *Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Jap ...

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* 1985 films 1985 drama films 1980s Russian-language films Films directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky Films based on works by Leo Tolstoy Films about death Lenfilm films Soviet black-and-white films Soviet drama films Russian drama films Russian black-and-white films {{USSR-film-stub