Actress, (Russian: Актриса) is a 1943 Soviet war romantic comedy film directed by Leonid Trauberg.
[1][2][3][4] The film tells about the famous actress of the operetta, who decides to leave the profession in the midst of the war, as she thinks that nobody needs anyone else, but she returns to the scene, realizing that the military at the front, in the rear and in hospitals want to hear music.
She is provided a room in the home of the stern Agafya Lukinichna, whose son, a battalion commander major, is fighting on the front lines.
Under the pressure of Agafya’s constant criticism, Strelnikova resigns from the theater and takes a job as a nursemaid in a military hospital.
When the record accidentally breaks, Strelnikova sings the song live to avoid disappointing him, revealing her true identity as the famous actress.