Simple People (Russian: Простые люди) is a 1945 Soviet war romance film directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
The film, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned.
Workers, including elderly men, women, and teenagers, journey across the country to distant Uzbekistan, while the skilled workforce fights on the front lines.
Upon arrival, the evacuees set up machinery under open skies and begin working, joined by thousands of new recruits, many grieving the loss of loved ones.
His resilience is rewarded when he reunites with his wife, who had suffered captivity and lost her health and memory during the German occupation.