Annushka

Annushka

84 mins | Drama | Aug. 1, 1959

The main character, Anna Denisova, is a simple Russian woman, on whose shoulders all the hardships of wartime fell. Like all her compatriots, Annushka did everything in her power to bring Victory Day closer. In this war, she lost her husband, Pyotr, but managed to save the lives of her three children — Sasha, Nina and Granata. The trials of Annushka didn't end with the end of the war. In the first years of peace, all survivors had to survive the famine and spend their last strength on rebuilding the country.

Annushka

84 mins | Drama | Aug. 1, 1959

Annushka
The main character, Anna Denisova, is a simple Russian woman, on whose shoulders all the hardships of wartime fell. Like all her compatriots, Annushka did everything in her power to bring Victory Day closer. In this war, she lost her husband, Pyotr, but managed to save the lives of her three children — Sasha, Nina and Granata. The trials of Annushka didn't end with the end of the war. In the first years of peace, all survivors had to survive the famine and spend their last strength on rebuilding the country.
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Аннушка
Directors Boris Barnet
Writers Efraim Sevela

Cast

Irina Skobtseva

as Annushka

Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya

as Polina Sergeyevna

Boris Babochkin

as Ivan Ivanovich

Galina Tokareva

as Nina

Lev Barashkov

as Sasha

Olga Aroseva

as Vovka's mother

Elena Korolyova

as Granata

Tatyana Malysheva

as Nina in childhood

Olga Malysheva

as Nina in childhood

Sergei Karnaukhov

as Sasha in childhood

Pavel Boriskin

as Sasha in childhood

Tatyana Sergeyeva

as Granata in childhood

Igor Volskiy

as Vovka in childhood

Lev Zolotukhin

as Pyotr, Annushka's husband

Stanislav Chekan

as soldier

Ivan Kashirin

as Lukich

Mariya Kremnyova

as widow

Alevtina Rumyantseva

as kolkhoz woman

Inga Budkevich

as plasterer

Ecaterina Malcoci

as Katyusha, Sasha's girlfriend

Yevgeni Morgunov

as loader

Nina Menshikova

as kolkhoz woman

Zoya Isayeva

as saleswoman

Nadezhda Samsonova

as saleswoman

Olga Shakhova

as homeowner

Vera Bendina

as teacher