| Resurrection | |
| Director: | Mikhail Schweitzer |
| Based On: | Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy |
| Starring: | Tamara Syomina Yevgeny Matveyev Pavel Massalsky |
| Music: | Georgy Sviridov |
| Cinematography: | Sergei Poluyanov Era Savelyeva |
| Editing: | Klavdiya Aleyeva |
| Studio: | Mosfilm Studios |
| Distributor: | Mosfilm |
| Runtime: | 209 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Russian |
Resurrection (Russian: Воскресение|Voskreseniye) is a Soviet film made in 1960-1961, directed by Mikhail Schweitzer and based on his and Yevgeny Gabrilovich's adaptation of the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel of the same name.
In the District Court, a jury hears about the fatal poisoning of a merchant Smyelkov. Among the three accused of the crime is the burgher Ekaterina Maslova, a prostitute. Maslova is innocent, but, as a result of a miscarriage of justice, she is sentenced to four years' hard labor in Siberia.[1]
At the trial, one of the jurors is Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov, who recognizes the defendant. About ten years ago, he seduced and abandoned her. Feeling guilty about this, Nekhlyudov decides to hire a well-known lawyer for her, to appeal her conviction, and to help her with money.[2]
Struck by the injustice in the court, Nekhlyudov begins to feel disgust for, and an aversion to, all the people with whom he interacts with in his daily life, in particular to the representatives of high society. He decides to abandon his current society and to go abroad. Nekhlyudov recalls Maslova - what he saw her at the trial, and then other moments he shared with her.[1]
Tamara Syomina's acting was praised by Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina.[3] [4]