- Country: Soviet Union
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1973-06-01
- Director: Oleg Bondarev
- Writers: Mariya Khalfina , Edgar Smirnov
- Language: Russian
- Stars: Tatyana Doronina , Leonid Nevedomsky , Nadezhda Fedosova , Vladimir Samoylov , Yelena Kosteryova , Aleksandr Dalyokiy , Tamara Sovchi , O. Antipyuk , Aleksey Bakhar , Marina Gavrilko
- Runtime: 84 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: A mostohaanya (Hungary) , Macocha (Poland) , The Stepmother , Machekha , Äitipuoli (Finland) , おかあさん (Japan) , Мачеха , Die Stiefmutter
- Plot: Based on a story by Mariya Khalfina. Shura Olevantseva leads a happy life with her children and her loving husband Pavel. One day she hears the news that the woman, who once loved her husband, died and that Sveta, Pavel's daughter about whom he knew nothing, is now an orphan. It wasn't easy for Shura to welcome Sveta into her home. It was even more difficult to win her heart, and to give her back the joy of childhood and the belief that she's not alone.
- IMDB:tt0175875
Machekha Cast · · · ALL
Oleg Bondarev
Director
Tatyana Doronina
Shura Olevantseva
Leonid Nevedomsky
Pavel Olevantsev
Nadezhda Fedosova
Anfisa Vasilyevna
Vladimir Samoylov
Viktor Vikentyevich
Tamara Sovchi
Polina
Boris Yurchenko
villager
Svetlana Konovalova
Mikheich's wife
Viktor Markin
village doctor
Viktor Shulgin
Mikheich
Vera Kuznetsova
Yekaterina Alekseyevna
Lidiya Korolyova
villager