''Women'' (russian: Женщины, Zhenshchiny) is a 1966 Soviet drama film directed by

Pavel Lyubimov Pavel Grigoryevich Lyubimov (7 September 1938 – 23 June 2010) was a Russians, Russian film director and screenwriter. Biography In 1962, he graduated from the directing department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, State Institute of C ...

. Based on the story of the same name by Irina Velembovskaya.

Plot

The film takes place after the

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. The film tells about women workers, their joys and failures. Yevdokia Kuzina arrives in the early fifties from the village to the city, accidentally meets a furniture factory worker, Yekaterina Bednova, a widow with her son, who settles her in her house and helps her get a job at the factory. After a while, Yevdokia begins to meet with Yuri, known to the entire factory. Their relationship ends with an unsuccessful

abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...

, and Yevdokia learns that she will no longer have children.

Cast

Inna Makarova Inna Vladimirovna Makarova (russian: И́нна Влади́мировна Мака́рова; 28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cine ...

as Yevdokia Kuzina *

Nina Sazonova Nina Afanasievna Sazonova (russian: Ни́на Афана́сьевна Сазо́нова; 1917 — 2004) was a leading actress of the Soviet Army Theatre in Moscow. The daughter of a peasant, she joined Aleksey Popov's theatre school at the ...

as Yekaterina Bednova *

Nadezhda Fedosova Nadezhda may refer to: *Nadezhda (given name), people with the given name ''Nadezhda'' *Nadezhda (satellite), a series of Russian navigation satellites, of which one was launched in 1998 *2071 Nadezhda, an asteroid *Nadezhda (cockroach), the first ...

as Grusha *

Galina Yatskina Galina, Halyna, or Halina (russian: Галина; from Greek ''γαλήνη'' "Serenity") is an East Slavic feminine given name, also popular in Bulgaria and Slovenia during the period of Soviet influence. Galina is the standard transliteration fr ...

as Alya Yagodkina *

Valentina Vladimirova Valentina Kharlampiyevna Vladimirova (russian: Валентина Харлампиевна Владимирова; 22 November 1927, in Vasylivka – 23 March 1994, in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p= ...

as Liza *

Irina Murzaeva Irina Vsevolodovna Murzaeva (russian: Ири́на Все́володовна Мурза́ева; May 15, 1906 — January 3, 1988) was a Soviet actress of theater and cinema. Biography She graduated from the GITIS, Lunacharsky Theater College ...

as elevator girl *

Irina Martemyanova Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of pe ...

as lady at the dance *

Lyusyena Ovchinnikova Lyusyena Ivanovna Ovchinnikova (russian: Люсье́на Ива́новна Овчи́нникова; 10 September 1931 – 8 January 1999) was a Soviet film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1959 and 1993. She is an Merit ...

as Anna * Viktor Mizin as Vityka *

Vitali Solomin Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherloc ...

as Zhenya Bednov * Pyotr Lyubeshkin as Konstantin Ivanovich * Ye. Mandrykin as episode * Pyotr Polev as Dimitriy Polev * Dmitri Popov as Yura * Valeriy Rukin as ZhorkaWomen (1966) Full Cast / Crew
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Release

One of the leaders of the Soviet film distribution in 1966 36.6 million people (6th place).Женщины
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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0166408 1966 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1966 romantic drama films Gorky Film Studio films Soviet romantic drama films Films about abortion Films based on short fiction 1960s female buddy films Films set in the Soviet Union Films about widowhood