A Gentle Creature () is a 1960 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Borisov. A screen adaptation of the story of the same name by Dostoevsky. Plot From lack of money, a girl without a dowry marries a usurer. But later he learns about her husband's past: about the circumstances under which he left the regiment. The meek one tries to rebel against life with her despised husband. Cast Iya Savvina as Gentle Woman Andrei Popov as Pawnbroker Vera Kuznetsova as Lukerya Panteleymon Krymov as Officer Yefimovich (as Pantelejmon Krymov) Zinaida Dorogova as episode Aleksandr Gustavson as Officer Nikolai Kryukov as Lieutenant Georgiy Kurovskiy as Officer References External links 1960 films 1960s Russian-language films Soviet drama films 1960 drama films Films based on works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Soviet black-and-white films Lenfilm films