Stepmom (russian: Мачеха, Machekha ) is a 1973 Soviet drama film directed by Oleg Bondaryov and starring Tatiana Doronina, and Leonid Nevedomsky. Doronina was recognized as Best Actress by according to Soviet Screen

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, and also was awarded the Film Festival in Tehran.

Plot

In Pavel Olevantsev's family unexpectedly comes the news that his daughter was orphaned by another woman. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it. It's not easy to decide to take the child to your home. But it is much more difficult to put the girl to her, to give her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone. But Pavel's wife Shura, in spite of everything, believes that the love and affection that helped her all her life will help her survive this difficult situation.

Cast

* Tatiana Doronina as Shura Olevantseva * Leonid Nevedomsky as Pavel Olevantsev * Lena Kostereva as Sveta, Pavel's illegitimate daughter Мачеха: что стало с киношными детьми Татьяны Дорониной
/ref> * Sasha Dalyky as Yurka * Ira Khlopkova as Alyonka * as Shura's mother * Vladimir Samoilov as Viktor Vikentievich * Vera Kuznetsova as Yekaterina Alekseevna, teacher

Release

Leader of Soviet film distribution 1973. Occupies by attendance 28th place among domestic films in history of Soviet film distribution (59.4 million viewers).СССР: Самые кассовые фильмы
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References

External links

* {{imdb title, 0175875 * Sergey Kudryavtsev'
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1973 films Soviet drama films 1970s Russian-language films Mosfilm films 1973 drama films Films shot in Russia Films based on Russian novels