Bless the Woman (Russian: Благословите женщину) Russian film (Original version)

Blond beauty Vera tries to find her happiness in 1930-50s Russia - the years of political repressions, war and after-war devastation... The young girl falls in love with an experienced soldier.

Bless the Woman (Russian: Благословите женщину) is a Russian film that was released in 2003. The film is based on the novel Hostess, by Irina Grekova.

Plot
The film begins in a small seaside village in the early 30s. A young girl falls in love with an older visiting military officer named Larichev and goes with him to his place of service. Following always and everywhere for her beloved husband (Central Asia, the North, the Soviet-Finnish War, the beginning of the Great Patriotic War), the heroine fully sacrifices herself to him, obeying his orders without discussion. Captivity, suspicion and the ruin of his military career (dismissal from the army) break Larichev's strong character, bringing death from heart failure. The heroine's life without him is a new beginning.
Cast
• Svetlana Khodchenkova as Vera
• Aleksandr Baluev as Larichev
• Olga Beryozkina as Masha
• Aleksandr Mikhailov as Yurlov
• Alexandra Kosteniuk as Vera (Masha's daughter)
• Irina Kupchenko as Anna Stepanovna
• Vitaly Khaev as Ryabinin
• Inna Churikova as Kunina
• Stanislav Govorukhin as Divisional Commander
• Maksim Galkin as actor
Awards and nominations
• Nominations for Nika Award for Best Feature Film and Best Actress (Svetlana Khodchenkova) (2004).
• Nika Award for Best Supporting Actress (Inna Churikova) (2004).
• Pacific Meridian for People's Choice Award (2003)

A young girl falls in love with an experienced soldier.
Directed by Stanislav Govorukhin
Written by Vladimir Valutsky
Produced by Yekaterina Maskina
Starring Svetlana Khodchenkova
Cinematography Lomer Akhvlediani
Edited by Vera Kruglova
Music by Eugen Doga
Distributed by Vertikal
Mosfilm

Release date September 4, 2003
Running time 114 minutes
Country Russia
Language Russian

Soviet & Russian Movie