Guilty Without Guilt

Guilty Without Guilt, (Russian: Без вины виноватые, Bez viny vinovatye) is a 1945 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Petrov.^[1][2][3][4]

Guilty Without Guilt
Russian: Без вины виноватые
Directed by	Vladimir Petrov
Written by	Vladimir Petrov Aleksandr Ostrovskiy (play)
Starring	Alla Tarasova Viktor Stanitsyn Boris Livanov Olga Vikland Vladimir Druzhnikov
Cinematography	Vladimir Yakovlev [ru]
Music by	Nikolai Kryukov
Release date	1945 (1945)
Country	Soviet Union

Plot

A famous actress, Kruchinina, graciously agrees to go on tour in a provincial town that holds painful memories for her. There, she unexpectedly finds the son she was forced to abandon many years ago. Hardened by a difficult childhood and youth, he has become a minor actor in the local theater and, like everyone around him, a habitual drinker.^[5]

Cast

• Alla Tarasova as Elena Ivanovna Kruchinina (as A. K. Tarasova)
• Viktor Stanitsyn as Nil Stratonych Dudukin (as V. Ya. Stanitsin)
• Boris Livanov as Grigoriy Lvovich Murov (as B. N. Livanov)
• Olga Vikland as Nina Pavlovna Korinkina (as O. A. Vikland)
• Vladimir Druzhnikov^[6] as Grigoriy Neznamov (as V. V. Druzhnikov)
• Aleksey Gribov as Shmaga (as A. N. Gribov)
• Pavel Massalsky as Petya Milovzorov (as P. V. Massalskiy)
• Sofya Khalyutina as Arina Galchikha (as S. V. Khalyutina)
• Nikolai Konovalov as Theatre impresario (as N. L. Konovalov)
• Boris Shukhmin as Assistant director (as B. N. Shukhmin)
• Sofya Garrel as Shelavina (uncredited)^[7]