Vaska Easoff Explained

Vaska Easoff
Director:	Péter Gothár
Starring:	Maksim Sergeyev
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	Hungary
Language:	Hungarian

Vaska Easoff (Hungarian: '''Haggyállógva, Vászka'''), also known as Letgohand Vaska (A Tale from the Labour Camp), is a 1996 Hungarian comedy film written and directed by Péter Gothár.^[1] The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Maksim Sergeyev as Vászka, a pityeri tolvaj
• Evgeniy Sidikhin as Ványka, a falusi tolvaj
• Valentina Kasyanova as Luvnya
• Boris Solominovits as Fetyka

Awards and nominations

• At the Hungarian Film Week of 1996, the film won the Grand Prize, Péter Gothár won the Best Director award, Francisco Gózon won the Best Cinematographer, Enikő Eszenyi won the Best Actress and Antal Cserna the Best Actor.^[4]
• At the 31st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Crystal Globe and Péter Gothár won the Best Director Award.^[5]
• At the 1996 Chicago International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Choice Award.

See also

• List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vaska Easoff . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325024659/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/136128/Vaska-Easoff/overview . dead . 25 March 2016 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Sandra Brennan . 2016 . 8 October 2015 .
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. Web site: 39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations . . 13 November 1996 . 5 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990209110950/http://www.oscars.org/pressreleases/96.11.13.html . 9 February 1999 . dead .
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116468/awards Awards on IMDb
5. Web site: History - 31st festival . kviff.com . 23 March 2018.