The Stepmother

The Stepmother

85 mins | Drama | Oct. 10, 1973

Based on novel of the same name by Mariya Khalfina. In Pavel Olevantsev’s family suddenly comes news that his daughter by another woman was orphaned. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it... It is not easy to decide to take the child to his house. But it will be much more difficult to endear the girl to them, to return her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone...

The Stepmother

85 mins | Drama | Oct. 10, 1973

The Stepmother
Based on novel of the same name by Mariya Khalfina. In Pavel Olevantsev’s family suddenly comes news that his daughter by another woman was orphaned. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it... It is not easy to decide to take the child to his house. But it will be much more difficult to endear the girl to them, to return her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone...
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Мачеха
Directors Oleg Bondarev
Writers Mariya Khalfina, Edgar Smirnov

Cast

Tatyana Doronina

as Shura Olevantseva

Leonid Nevedomsky

as Pavel Olevantsev

Nadezhda Fedosova

as Anfisa Vasilyevna

Vladimir Samoylov

as Viktor Vikentyevich

Yelena Kostereva

as Sveta

Tamara Sovchi

as Polina

Irina Khlopkova

as Alyona

Boris Yurchenko

as villager

Svetlana Konovalova

as Mikheich's wife

Viktor Markin

as village doctor

Natalya Shvets

as teacher

Viktor Shulgin

as Mikheich

Vera Kuznetsova

as Yekaterina Alekseyevna

Marina Gavrilko

as Daria

Lidiya Korolyova

as villager