Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. After the death of the mother, the father drinks, the brothers go hungry. For the sake of her relatives, she is ready for anything, even to become the wife of an elderly, rude, vulgar and hated Modest Alexeyevich.
Released: May 13, 1954
Runtime: 1:47:31 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Alla Larionova, Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky, Pyotr Maltsev, Aleksandr Metyolkin, Vladimir Vladislavskiy, Mikhail Zharov
Crew: Isidor Annensky (Director), George Reysgof (Director of Photography), Anton Chekhov (Writer), Isidor Annensky (Screenplay), Lev Shvarts (Music), Raisa Shor (Editor)