

Former fighter pilot turned provincial schoolmistress Nadezhda Petrovna struggles to adapt to peacetime, having internalised military ideals of service and obedience.
Directed by Larisa Shepitko, Valentin Maslov
User score
58 votes

Released
November 10, 1966
1h 25m
Russian

Maya Bulgakova
Nadezhda Petrukhina

Zhanna Bolotova
Tanya Petrukhina

Pantelejmon Krymov
Pavel Gavrilovich

Leonid Dyachkov
Mitya Grachov

Vladimir Gorelov
Igor, Tanya's Husband

Yuri Medvedev
Boris Grigoriyevich

Nikolay Grabbe
Konstantin Mikhaylovich Shuvalov
Zhanna Aleksandrova
Zina Yermolayeva

Sergey Nikonenko
Sergey Bystryakov

Rimma Markova
Shura

Arkadi Trusov
Morozov

Olga Gobzeva
Journalist

Evgeniy Evstigneev
Misha, Tanya and Igor's Guest
Vladimir Burmistrov
Student

Natalya Gitserot
Natalya Maksimilyanovna

Pavel Gurov
Tailor

Pyotr Dolzhanov
Vladimir Danilovich

Mariya Kravchunovskaya
Bystryakov's Neighbor

Boris Yurchenko
Sinitsyn
Vitaliy Wulf
Tanya and Igor's Guest