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The Stepmother
The Stepmother

The Stepmother

Genres

Drama

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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...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

10 October 1973

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Tatyana Doronina

Tatyana Doronina

Shura Olevantseva

Leonid Nevedomsky

Leonid Nevedomsky

Pavel Olevantsev

Nadezhda Fedosova

Nadezhda Fedosova

Anfisa Vasilyevna

Vladimir Samoylov

Vladimir Samoylov

Viktor Vikentyevich

Yelena Kostereva

Yelena Kostereva

Sveta

Aleksandr Dalyokiy

Aleksandr Dalyokiy

Yura

Tamara Sovchi

Tamara Sovchi

Polina

Irina Khlopkova

Irina Khlopkova

Alyona

Boris Yurchenko

Boris Yurchenko

villager

Svetlana Konovalova

Svetlana Konovalova

Mikheich's wife

Aleksey Bakhar

Aleksey Bakhar

Lyosha

Viktor Markin

Viktor Markin

village doctor

Natalya Shvets

Natalya Shvets

teacher

Viktor Shulgin

Viktor Shulgin

Mikheich

Vera Kuznetsova

Vera Kuznetsova

Yekaterina Alekseyevna

Marina Gavrilko

Marina Gavrilko

Daria

Lidiya Korolyova

Lidiya Korolyova

villager

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