Women | |
Native Name: | Russian: Женщины |
Director: | Pavel Lyubimov |
Producer: | Vladimir Makarov |
Music: | Yan Frenkel |
Editing: | K. Malinskaya |
Studio: | Gorky Film Studio |
Runtime: | 106 min. |
Country: | Soviet Union |
Language: | Russian |
Women (Russian: Женщины|Zhenshchiny) is a 1966 Soviet romantic drama film directed by Pavel Lyubimov.[1] [2] [3] Based on the story of the same name by Irina Velembovskaya.
The film takes place after the war. The film tells about women workers, their joys and failures. Yevdokia Kuzina arrives in the early fifties from the village to the city, accidentally meets a furniture factory worker, Yekaterina Bednova, a widow with her son, who settles her in her house and helps her get a job at the factory. After a while, Yevdokia begins to meet with Yuri, known to the entire factory. Their relationship ends with an unsuccessful abortion, and Yevdokia learns that she will no longer have children.[4]
One of the leaders of the Soviet film distribution in 1966 36.6 million people (6th place).[6]