Дочки-матери (1975): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1975, Дочки-матери is a drama and liebesfilm film directed by Sergei Gerasimov, running about 96 minutes.

What it’s about. The young girl Olga Vasilyeva grew up in an orphanage. She never knew her mother and wants to find her. The only trace she has is a preserved letter from her mother from her personal file, which she managed to get from the administration of the orphanage. For a short vacation at her factory school, she travels from Sverdlovsk to Moscow following the unreliable traces of this letter. Yelena Alekseyevna — the woman she finds when she arrives at the address turns out to be a teacher in a ballet school, the wife of an ordinary senior teacher at the Moscow Technical Institute (who didn't defend his dissertation and is complacent about this) and an old-Moscow intellectual. She kindly meets her, but she is not the person Olga is looking for, she only has the same last name and first name and consonant middle name. She is kind and hospitable, ready to help the girl find her real mother and offers Olga to visit her house during a short stay in Moscow.

Who’s in it. Дочки-матери stars Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Vadim Antonovich Vasilyev, Tamara Makarova as Yelena Alekseevna Vasilyeva, Sergei Gerasimov as Pyotr Nikanorovich Vorobyev and Lyubov Polekhina as Olga Vasilyeva, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, Дочки-матери has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Дочки-матери page.

If you liked it. Fans of Дочки-матери tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.