Once There Was a Woman

A chronicle of the life of an illiterate Russian peasant woman between 1909 and 1921, focusing on her private life and major historic events in the country.

• Andrey SmirnovDirector
• Andrey SmirnovScreenplay

• Darya EkamasovaВарвара
• Vladislav AbashinИван (первый муж Варвары)
• Maksim AverinАлександр
• Aleksey SerebryakovЛебеда
• Aleksei ShevchenkovМалафей
• Roman MadyanovБаранчик (свекор Варвары)
• Agrippina SteklovaПанька (невестка Варвары)
• Evdokiya GermanovaФеклуша
• Andrey KurnosovЕгор
• Nina RuslanovaKryachikha
• Vsevolod Shilovskyотец Еремей
• Yola Sankoтетка Чуманиха