Bless the Woman

Tiny Soviet village by the sea, in the years before the Second World War... A very young girl, Vera, falls madly in love with an older military officer who is visiting from out of town. She leaves her home and family to live with him in various military posts where he serves with the army. Through the difficulties of army life, and years of war, her love for this older man survives, and she gives herself completely without reservation. This film is about friendship, loss, survival, loyalty, and the wonderful gift of unconditional love, which is only given to a few.

• Stanislav GovorukhinDirector
• Stanislav GovorukhinWriter
• Vladimir ValutskiyWriter

• Svetlana KhodchenkovaVera
• Aleksandr BaluevLarichev
• Inna ChurikovaКунина
• Irina KupchenkoАнна
• Aleksandr MikhaylovЮрлов
• Olga BeryozkinaMasha
• Vitaliy KhaevРябинин
• Stanislav GovorukhinКомдив
• Anatoliy Kotenyovcolonel
• Aleksandr Efimovarmy captain in car
• Yevgeni Zharikovfellow passenger in car
• Alexandra KosteniukVera, Masha's daughter