Stepmom (Russian: Мачеха, romanized: Machekha) is a 1973 Soviet drama film directed by Oleg Bondaryov and starring Tatiana Doronina, and Leonid Nevedomsky.

Doronina was recognized as Best Actress by according to Soviet Screen Magazine, and also was awarded the Film Festival in Tehran.

[1] In Pavel Olevantsev's family unexpectedly comes the news that his daughter was orphaned by another woman.

But it is much more difficult to put the girl to her, to give her the joy of childhood and the belief that she is not alone.

But Pavel's wife Shura, in spite of everything, believes that the love and affection that helped her all her life will help her survive this difficult situation.