Strange People (1969 film)

Strange People (Странные люди) is a 1969 Soviet drama film directed by Vasily Shukshin.

Plot
The film consists of three short stories, the main characters of which are strange people who live in a village and have a rich inner world.

Cast

 * Vsevolod Sanayev as Matvey Ivanovich Ryazantsev
 * Panteleymon Krymov as Veniamin Zakharovich Dulich, history teacher
 * Sergei Nikonenko as Vasya
 * Elena Sanayeva as Ryazantsev's daughter
 * Nina Sazonova as Ryazantsev's wife
 * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Vasya's brother
 * Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Lidiya Nikolaevna
 * Maria Shukshina as Mashenka
 * Yevgeni Lebedev as Bronislav Ivanovich Pupkov
 * Lyubov Sokolova as Alyona,  Pupkov's wife
 * Viktor Avdyushko as collective farm chairman