A Simple Death () is a 1985 Soviet drama film directed by Alexander Kaidanovsky, based on Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
Valeriy Priyomykhov as Ivan Ilyich (voiced by Alexander Kaidanovsky) Alisa Freindlich as Praskovya Fyodorovna, Ivan Ilyich's wife Vytautas Paukste as Mikhail Danilovich, doctor Mikhail Danilov as narrator Karina Moritts as Liza E. Smirnov Tamara Timofeyeva as nanny Stanislav Churkin as priest Anatoli Khudoleyev as Pyotr A. Bukhvalov Vladimir Starostin Yuri Serov