Vassa Zheleznova or The Mistress is a 1953 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Lukov and starring Vera Pashennaya, Mikhail Zharov and Nikolai Shamin.[1] It is based on Maxim Gorky's 1910 play Vassa Zheleznova. Lukov also directed another Gorky adaptation Barbarians at the same year.
Vassa Zheleznova | |
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Directed by | Leonid Lukov |
Written by | Maxim Gorky(play) |
Cinematography | Vladimir Rapoport |
Music by | Lev Shvarts |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Cast
edit- Vera Pashennaya as Vassa Zheleznova
- Mikhail Zharov as Prokhor Khrapov
- Nikolai Shamin as Sergei Zheleznov
- Valentina Yevstratova as Natalya
- Yekaterina Yelanskaya as Lyudmila
- Elizaveta Solodova as Rashel
- Varvara Obukhova as Secretary Anna Onoshenkova
- Leonid Titov
- Prov Sadovsky as Yevgeni Melnikov
- Konstantin Svetlov
- Gennadiy Sergeev
- Aleksandra Antonova as Maid Liza
- Elena Kuznetsova as Maid Polya
References
edit- ^ Rollberg p.455
Bibliography
edit- Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
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