Based on the novel of Mikhail Alekseyev "Bread — as a Noun."
About the fate of a Russian woman who endured all the hardships of war and post-war life.
After the war, those few who survived at the front returned to their native village. But Marfa's husband, whom she had been waiting for for so many years, would never return. Marfa, a beautiful and proud woman, remains true to her only love...
Людмила Чурсина
as Marfa
Нонна Мордюкова
as Glafira
Татьяна Пельтцер
as Nastasya
Римма Маркова
as Avdotya
Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան
as Styshnoy
Николай Гриценко
as Markelov
Георгий Жжёнов
as father Leonid
Евгений Шутов
as Zulya
Aleksei Karpushkin
as Seryozhka
Инга Будкевич
as Marinka
Sergei Kalinin
as granddad
Emilya Serdyuk
as stewardess