Stepmom (Russian: Мачеха, romanized: Machekha) is a 1973 Soviet comedy-drama film directed by Oleg Bondaryov and starring Tatiana Doronina, and Leonid Nevedomsky.
Doronina was recognized as Best Actress by Soviet Screen magazine, and was awarded the Film Festival in Tehran.
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Plot
In Pavel Olevantsev's family unexpectedly comes the news that his daughter was orphaned by another woman. Pavel did not know about the existence of the girl, nor could his wife know about it.
It's not easy to decide to take the child to your home. But it is much more difficult to put the girl to her, to give her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone.
But Pavel's wife Shura, in spite of everything, believes that the love and affection that helped her all her life will help her survive this difficult situation.
Cast
Tatiana Doronina as Shura Olevantseva
Leonid Nevedomsky as Pavel Olevantsev
Lena Kostereva as Sveta, Pavel's illegitimate daughter
Sasha Dalyky as Yurka
Ira Khlopkova as Alyonka
Nadezhda Fedosova as Shura's mother
Vladimir Samoilov as Viktor Vikentievich
Vera Kuznetsova as Yekaterina Alekseevna, teacher
Release
Leader of Soviet film distribution 1973. Occupies by attendance 28th place among domestic films in history of Soviet film distribution (59.4 million viewers).