Simple People 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. A version of the film, released in 1956 during Khrushchev Thaw, was disowned by Kozintsev because the reediting was done without his participation.

Plot

As Nazi forces advance toward Leningrad, the last plane departs from an aviation factory's airfield, and the factory is slated for evacuation. Workers, including elderly men, women, and teenagers, journey across the country to distant Uzbekistan, while the skilled workforce fights on the front lines. Despite challenges, the factory is expected to begin producing planes within two months.