There Was an Old Couple (1965)

  • NR
  • 06/08/1965 (RU)
  • Drama
  • 1h 43m

Overview

In this provocative Soviet drama, an aged couple are left homeless after their farm burns down, and they head off to live with their impoverished daughter. When they arrive, they are appalled to learn that she has abandoned her child and husband to run away with a married man. The husband is now an alcoholic, so the grandparents stay on to support their son-in-law in his time of need and to help care for their grandson. Later, the errant daughter is dumped by her lover and returns. Many fights ensue until the grandfather banishes his troublesome daughter from their lives.

Grigoriy Chukhray

Director

Valeri Frid

Screenplay

Yuli Dunsky

Screenplay

Cast

Vera Kuznetsova's headshot

Vera Kuznetsova

Lyudmila Maksakova's headshot

Lyudmila Maksakova

Georgiy Martynyuk's headshot

Georgiy Martynyuk

Galina Polskikh's headshot

Galina Polskikh

Anatoli Yabbarov's headshot

Anatoli Yabbarov

Viktor Kolpakov's headshot

Viktor Kolpakov

Nikolay Kryuchkov's headshot

Nikolay Kryuchkov

Nikolai Sergeyev's headshot

Nikolai Sergeyev

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