A Simple Death

A Simple Death (Russian: Простая смерть, romanized: Prostaya Smert') is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky, based on Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

A Simple Death
Film poster
Directed by	Alexander Kaidanovsky
Written by	Alexander Kaidanovsky Leo Tolstoy
Starring	Valeriy Priyomykhov Alisa Freindlich
Cinematography	Yuri Klimenko
Production company	Lenfilm
Release date	1985 (1985)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Cast

• Valeriy Priyomykhov as Ivan Ilyich (voiced by Alexander Kaidanovsky)
• Alisa Freindlich as Praskovya Fyodorovna, Ivan Ilyich's wife
• Vytautas Paukste as Mikhail Danilovich, doctor
• Mikhail Danilov as narrator
• Karina Moritts as Liza
• Tamara Timofeyeva as nanny
• Stanislav Churkin as priest
• Anatoli Khudoleyev as Pyotr
• Kolya Vaskevich as Vanya