Simple People

Synopsis

A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned. A version of the film, released in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by director Grigori Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.

Director

Grigori Kozintsev

Written by

Grigori Kozintsev

Music

Dmitri Shostakovich

Studio

Lenfilm

Released

31 December 1945

Genres

War