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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Cast
27 people
Tatyana Doronina
Shura Olevantseva
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Leonid Nevedomsky
Pavel Olevantsev
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Фаворский
Convoy PQ-17
Nadezhda Fedosova
Anfisa Vasilyevna
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The Elusive Revengers
Vladimir Samoylov
Viktor Vikentyevich
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Wedding in Malinovka
Siberiade
Yelena Kostereva
Sveta
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Remember Your Name
About Vitya, Masha, and Marines
Aleksandr Dalyokiy
Yura
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A Private Person
Tamara Sovchi
Polina
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Pharmacist
Afonya
Irina Khlopkova
Boris Yurchenko
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No Way Back
Ermak
Svetlana Konovalova
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Taxist
Soldiers
Aleksey Bakhar
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The Soldier and the Elephant
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Viktor Markin
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Fate of a Man
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Oleg Bondarev Director · Edgar Smirnov Writer Mariya Khalfina Author
First release October 10, 1973 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Мачеха
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Мачеха
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · October 10, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
May 3, 1974 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 28, 1974 · Theatrical
Japan
February 18, 1974 · Theatrical
Poland
May 26, 1974 · Theatrical
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